| Heading: |
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances |
| Question ID: |
1798599 |
| UIN: |
49283 |
| 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, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect the health and (b) promote (i) research, (ii) regulation and (iii) public awareness of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. |
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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: |
Following the publication of a Regulatory Management Options Analysis (RMOA) on PFAS in April 2023, my department asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to investigate whether to restrict PFAS in firefighting foams under the UK REACH (Restriction, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |