“They also questioned the timing of the announcement, made as experts said plans for 100 new North Sea oil and gas wells, announced the same day by the prime minister would “send a wrecking ball through the UK’s climate commitments”.

I’m the same article it mentions this, likely it’s all just a distraction.

Another example of passing the issue to consumers. Who exactly are the manufacturers of plastic bags? If they stop production tomorrow, guarantee it makes no difference, they won’t magically become a clean company. They will switch to whatever product still needs plastic and now we have all the same problems and no convenience of store plastic bags.