Afzal Khan MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Glass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39552More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing extended producer responsibility collection targets for glass bottles to 90%.

  Answer: Collection targets are not a feature of the extended producer responsibility scheme for packaging (pEPR). However, the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, which implement pEPR, set challenging, but achieva...

  Answered 28 Mar 2025

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• University of Manchester: InnovationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32255More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the work produced by the University of Manchester’s Unit M initiative.

  Answer: Officials from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have met the University of Manchester to understand how its new Unit M functions, and intends to help the university to support the region’s innovation economy. We look forward to learni...

  Answered 4 Mar 2025

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• Curriculum: DonorsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28657More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to make (a) blood, (b) plasma, (c) platelet, (d) organ, (e) stem cell and (f) tissue donation a mandatory part of the curriculum for primary and secondary school children.

  Answer: The teaching of blood, tissue and organs is covered in the biology national curriculum at key stage 3, so is taught to pupils aged 11 to 14. While organ donation is not specifically mentioned, schools may choose to cover it here.At primary level, schools ...

  Answered 25 Feb 2025

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