Plastic bags inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 22 November 2013 to 17 June 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 11th Report - Plastic bags (Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report) (6 February 2014)
• 1st Special Report - Plastic bags: Government response to the Committee's Eleventh Report of Session 2013-14 (17 June 2014)

Evidence sessions

• 18 December 2013: Waste and Resources Action Programme, Dr Wouter Poortinga, Cardiff University, and Environment Directorate, Welsh Government; Campaign to Protect Rural England, British Retail Consortium, and Packaging and Film Association (at 2.50 pm); Dan Rogerson MP, Minister for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management, and officials, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 3.30 pm).
• 8 January 2014: British Polythene Industries Ltd, The Italian Association Of Bioplastics and The Italian Composting Association, Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Association, Professor Richard Thompson, Plymouth University, and Chase Plastics.