| Heading: |
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances |
| Question ID: |
1798598 |
| UIN: |
49282 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5338 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Terry Jermy
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| Asking Member handle: |
cllrterryjermy
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@cllrterryjermy
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances where alternatives are available. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
The Government has already prohibited three key PFAS through our domestic legislation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which implements the UN Stockholm Convention on POPs. Defra, Scottish and Welsh Ministers agreed that understanding the risks po... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |