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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the upcoming ban on micro-beads will include all products containing such materials.

The microbead ban will prevent the manufacture and sale of all rinse-off personal care products containing plastic microbeads.

We are aware microbeads enter the marine environment from other sources, so we have engaged the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee to review evidence on microplastics in other products and their chances of reaching our seas and causing harm to marine life. This will inform future policy making.