Question follow-through · 2361

Bottles: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the aim of the Bottle Stop campaign to ensure that all bottles in clubs and bars are plastic instead of glass.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
2 Sept 2024 · 34 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the aim of the Bottle Stop campaign to ensure that all bottles in clubs and bars are plastic instead of glass.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Licensing Act 2003 regulates the sale and supply of alcohol in licensed premises across England and Wales and devolves decision-making to local licensing authorities.The Government publishes guidance for licensing authorities to assist them in carryin...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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