Question

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to ban the use of single-use plastic straws on the Parliamentary Estate.

The Commission has asked the Administration Committee to review the sustainability and environmental management of single-use disposable plastics in the House of Commons.

The review will include the use of single-use plastic straws on the Parliamentary Estate.

The Administration Committee will be considering this matter in March.