DEFRA questioned on the environmental impact of microplastics
14 June 2016
Environmental Audit Committee questions Minister on the Government's position on the issue of microbeads and the consequences to microplastic pollution in the marine environment. It also covers possible solutions to the scale and problem of microplastic pollution.
- Watch Parliament TV: Environmental impact of microplastics
- Inquiry: Environmental impact if microplastics
- Environmental Audit Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 14 June 2016, Wilson room, Portcullis House
At 10.15am
- George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, DEFRA
- Dr Gemma Harper, Deputy Director for Marine and Chief Social Scientist, DEFRA
- Thomas Maes, National & International Monitoring Programmes Co-ordinator, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Further information
Image: MPCA-Flickr
Video: Parliamentary copyright