Business of the House

Steve Double Excerpts

Thursday 14th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Scott Mann (North Cornwall) (Con)]

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[Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) (Con)]

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[Mr Speaker]

Ah! The Cornish competitors. Scott Mann.

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[Andrea Leadsom]

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that Home Office questions will take place on Monday 25 February. If he has specific concerns about a particular issue, he will be able to raise them directly with Ministers then.

[Steve Double]

Last week I had the privilege of attending the Plastic Free Cornwall summit, which brought organisations from across Cornwall together to discuss how to rid Cornwall of plastic pollution. Many of them raised the issue of released balloons which end up littering our beaches and polluting our seas. Under current legislation, balloon releases are not classed as littering. That position was last reviewed five years ago. Will the Leader of the House arrange for a Minister from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make a statement about a further review of whether balloon releases should be classed as littering?