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Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Environmental impact of microplastics inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 18 March 2016 to 26 October 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 May 2016: Professor Tamara Galloway, Professor of Ecotoxicology, University of Exeter, Dr Erik Van Sebille, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College, Professor Frank Kelly, Professor of Environmental Health and Deputy Director of the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King’s College London
  • 24 May 2016: Francisco Morcillo, Public and Industrial Affairs Manager, British Plastics Federation, Dr Laura Foster, Head of Pollution, Marine Conservation Society, Sarah Baulch, Oceans Campaigner, Environmental Investigation Agency, and Daniel Steadman, Marine Plastics Projects Manager, Fauna and Flora International.
  • 8 June 2016: John Chave, Director General, Cosmetics Europe, and Dr Chris Flower, Director General, The Cosmetics, Toiletry and Perfumery Association; Professor Richard Thompson, Professor of Marine Biology, Plymouth University (at 3.00pm).
  • 14 June 2016: George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, Dr Gemma Harper, Deputy Director for Marine and Chief Social Scientist, DEFRA and Thomas Maes, National and International Monitoring Programmes Co-ordinator, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  • 29 June 2016: Dr Laurent Gilbert, Director for International Development of Advanced Research, L’Oréal, Ian Malcomber, Science Director, Unilever, Dr Patrick Masscheleyn, Director R&D Beauty Care and Global Product Stewardship, Procter & Gamble