Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 18 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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State of our Beaches report 2025

That this House celebrates the publication of the Marine Conservation Society’s annual State of our Beaches report; thanks the thousands of volunteers whose efforts removed over 600,000 litter items from our beaches, of which 26,592 items were removed from the coasts of Devon and Cornwall; notes with concern that single-use plastics were found on 97% of beaches surveyed in the UK; recognises the damaging impact of marine litter on the natural environment, coastal communities and local economies; believes that targeted interventions can successfully reduce the most persistent and harmful forms of pollution; and therefore calls on the Government to phase out non‑recyclable single‑use plastics entirely, replacing them with suitable, affordable alternatives.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

130 

Session

2026-27

Other sponsors

Wera Hobhouse

Carla Denyer

Ian Roome

Wendy Chamberlain

Jess Brown-Fuller

Subjects

Beaches Environment protection Litter Marine Conservation Society

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk