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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to replace biodegradable plastic with compostable plastic.

The Government published a call for evidence on standards for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics. We want to gain a better understanding of the overall sustainability of these materials and whether product standards could provide reassurance of this. The call for evidence will run until 14 October and a Government response will be published taking the responses into account.