I thank the Minister for that intervention and am only too pleased to hear it, to be quite honest, because that statistic was absolutely sho

The Minister is shaking her head. I cannot agree or disagree, but if it is true that is an unbelievable statistic.

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. She is a great campaigner for the clearing of litter, including plastic bottles.

The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. The Government have made it quite clear that something is coming in terms of a ban.

My hon. Friend makes a really good point, which I will address later.

I beg to move, That this House has considered the proposed ban on microbeads. I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David.

My hon. Friend is making a powerful point, but is not the key to find new antibiotics?

My hon. Friend is making a powerful point, but is not the key to find new antibiotics?

Shower gel products containing microbeads can result in 100,000 microbeads or microplastics being washed down the drain every time we use th

Mr Speaker, perhaps you, like many other hon.