{"value":{"id":1925492,"askingMemberId":4853,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-07-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","uin":"17051","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps they are taking to tackle plastic pollution.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1579,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We have several restrictions on unnecessary single-use plastic products, including a ban on the supply of single-use vapes and a ban on supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in England, marking a major step forward in tackling the plastic and microplastic pollution that harms our waterways.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is working internationally to agree a new international, legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution and is committed to working with a range of other countries to secure an agreement at the next round of negotiations in March 2027.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Plastics: Pollution Control","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1925492","method":"GET"}]}