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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many submissions her Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) stakeholders in response to its Consultation on proposals to ban commonly littered single-use plastic items in England.

23,000 so far, of which 88% of those responding via our online consultation site were responding as members of the public. The consultation does not close until 12 February, so I would encourage as many as possible to have their say.