A question on #Microplastics #PollutionControl tabled by Helen Maguire on 20-05-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Microplastics: Pollution Control
Question ID: 1804663
UIN: 53783
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-20
Asking Member ID: 5336
Asking Member display name: Helen Maguire
Asking Member handle: helenemaguire
Asking Member Twitter reference: @helenemaguire
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce microplastic pollution from combined sewer outflows.
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Date answered: 2025-05-23
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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: Tackling marine litter and plastic pollution is a priority for the UK Government, which is why we are working domestically and internationally to implement measures that will prevent macro-sized plastic litter which are sources of microplastics from reach...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true