Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will create a National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.

Since 2018, the Government has committed over £100 million for research and innovation support to tackle the broad range of issues that arise from plastic waste. This includes funding research on the health impacts of plastic through UK Research and Innovation and the National Institute for Health and Care Research. Whilst it is not typical to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, both funders welcome funding applications for research into the health impacts of plastic.