A question on #MicroplasticsAndSewage #PollutionControl tabled by Andrew Gwynne on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Microplastics and Sewage: Pollution Control
Question ID: 1808703
UIN: 56750
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-03
Asking Member ID: 1506
Asking Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Asking Member handle: GwynneMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce (a) sewage and (b) microplastic pollution from overflows in (i) Greater Manchester and (ii) Lake Windemere.
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Date answered: 2025-06-10
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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