Question follow-through · 38289
Recycling: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has of the cost of the Extended producer responsibility scheme for small businesses.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has of the cost of the Extended producer responsibility scheme for small businesses.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The aim of packaging extended producer responsibility is to ensure businesses - rather than taxpayers - are responsible for the cost of dealing with packaging when it becomes waste. These plans will encourage manufacturers to reduce the amount of packagin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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