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Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal |
Question ID: |
1807859 |
UIN: |
HL7902 |
House: |
Lords |
Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
Asking Member ID: |
4282 |
Asking Member display name: |
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the environment of the disposal of vapes. |
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false |
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Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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Answer text: |
Single-use vapes are a blight on our environment with an estimated 5 million incorrectly disposed of each week. This is why on 1 June 2025 we banned the sale and supply of these products. We have published our impact assessment which considers the environ... |
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Answering body ID: |
13 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Tweeted: |
true |