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Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility scheme on (a) creating a circular economy for recycled materials and (b) ensuring bus

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility scheme on (a) creating a circular economy for recycled materials and (b) ensuring bus

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Department’s impact assessment, published here, has considered the impacts on the UK materials reprocessing industry and the associated carbon savings from increased recycling following the introduction of extended producer responsibility for packagin...

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Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Packaging: Recycling

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide regular information to businesses on how revenues raised through the extended producer responsibility scheme are spent by local authorities.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Packaging: Recycling

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to announce the (a) fees and (b) invoicing periods for the extended producer responsibility scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food: UK Trade with EU

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regulatory requirements for food exporters trading with the EU.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food: Labelling

17 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Fairer food labelling, which closed on 7 May 2024, when he plans to respond to that consultation; and whether he plans to bring

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Welfare: Standards

17 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing core standards for animal welfare; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food: Waste

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on (a) access to healthy foods, (b) sustainability targets, (c) expenditure

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Waste: Crime

10 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse of (a) waste crime and (b) illegal waste exports.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Waste: Crime

10 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to strengthen the regulatory framework for waste (a) carriers, (b) brokers, and (c) dealers to reduce criminal activity in the sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Catering

20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) tableware and (b) crockery used in her Department is made by a British manufacturer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cider

10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has she made of the number of cider makers operating in the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Stoke On Trent

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she can name a date by which her department will have made a decision on Stoke-on-Trent City Council's proposals to reduce Nitrous Oxide levels at the A500/Etruria Road junctio

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Roads: Nitrous Oxide

16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for her Department to make a decision on Stoke-on-Trent's proposal to reduce Nitrous Oxide levels at the A500/Etruria R