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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the growth of (a) the agricultural industry and (b) population on the use of single-use plastics.

No assessment has been made. However, we note that the OECD’s Global Plastic Outlook predicts that population growth is a significant factor contributing to increased global plastic usage by 2060.