Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans for a vari-gauge bag, where the variation in gauge ranges from 35 to 45 microns and totals 80 microns, to be exempt from proposed charges on plastic bags; and whether she plans for vari-gauge bags with any combination of variation in gauge which totals more than 71 microns to be exempt from such charges.

There are no current plans to exempt vari-gauge bags from the single use plastic bag charge.