Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will support an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic carrier bags.

Anna Soubry

The EU Carrier Bags Directive (EU 2015/720) already requires all member states to take measures to reduce the consumption of plastic carrier bags and provides for marketing restrictions such as bans.