United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 155195
Charitable Donations: Plastic Bags
Original
Introduced
28 February 2023
Last action
3 March 2023 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 March 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help ensure that charity collection bags posted through letterboxes are biodegradable.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
28 February 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help ensure that charity collection bags posted through letterboxes are biodegradable.
Source: Commons
3 March 2023
Answer
In April 2021 we published our response to the call for evidence on the need for standards for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics. The Government has no plans to make charity collection bags biodegradable. Government measures focus on extra...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-28/155195
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1599972
- uk · wq-1599972 · source updated 3 March 2023