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Minamata Convention on Mercury

Commons · Question 55469 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposed amendments on dental amalgam use to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 9 Jun 2025

The next Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention will be taking place on the 3 - 7 November 2025. Working documents and proposals for negotiation at this meeting have not yet been published but will be in due course. Officials in Defra will r...