Question follow-through · 32578

Domestic Waste: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish each of the responses to the final Simpler Recycling consultation.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
6 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish each of the responses to the final Simpler Recycling consultation.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    In October 2023, Defra held two consultations on Simpler Recycling, and has since published consultation responses for both online, including a summary of responses:Simpler recycling in England: additional policies - GOV.UKExemptions and statutory guidanc...

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