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date	10/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds: Health Hazards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the European Commission proposal to ban the use of recycled rubber infill in artificial pitches, and in particular of its differential impact on (1) Great Britain, and (2) Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL9209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Based on our commitment to having control of our own laws, the UK has now implemented its own regulatory framework. The EU proposal to ban the use of microplastics in sports pitches will not apply in Great Britain. EU REACH continues to apply in Northern Ireland, where the ban will apply following an 8-year transition period. The scientific and socio-economic evidence to support the EU proposal was considered as part of the EU REACH restriction process. We continue to monitor developments in EU REACH, and consider their impacts for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 18/07/2023 12:54:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1137019

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date	04/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the health risks of rubber crumb on artificial sports pitches.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	273474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has not reviewed the health risks of rubber crumb in artificial sports pitches, as this is being assessed at the European level by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). PHE has been monitoring the evidence as it becomes available.</p><p>The most recent ECHA report, published in 2018, stated that there was a very low level of health concern from playing on artificial pitches that contain rubber crumb, and ECHA note that they found no reason to advise people against playing sport on synthetic turf containing recycled rubber granules as infill material. The latest report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://chemicalsinourlife.echa.europa.eu/are-artificial-football-pitches-safe" target="_blank">https://chemicalsinourlife.echa.europa.eu/are-artificial-football-pitches-safe</a></p><p>Sports governing bodies support the ECHA report and have produced advice in consultation with PHE. Sport England’s position statement on third generation pitches is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-and-planning/design-and-cost-guidance/artificial-sports-surfaces/position-statement-on-3g-pitches/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-and-planning/design-and-cost-guidance/artificial-sports-surfaces/position-statement-on-3g-pitches/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/07/2019 12:03:29 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1137021

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has received representations from health experts on the health risks of rubber crumbs from artificial sports pitches.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	273475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Government is working closely with Sport England, officials from the Environment Agency, Public Health England and many of the major National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of sport on the subject of playing surfaces in England, including rubber crumb pitches.</p><p> </p><p>The department is aware of, and feeding into the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) consultation on the restriction of microplastics. We will continue to work closely with experts in this field and will monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/07/2019 09:51:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan