Question follow-through · 39099
Glass: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility fees on brewers using glass bottles.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 10 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
18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility fees on brewers using glass bottles.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Following the passage of the legislation introducing extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) through parliament, the government has been working closely with industry, including the glass sector, to understand the impact of the upcoming fees...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Glass: Recycling
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether pubs that have already paid for glass recycling will be reimbursed for Extended Producer Responsibility charges.
Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
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Rivers: Environment Protection
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Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the risk of applying a 4% impairment fee on EPR on future impairment rates as a result of additional pressure on business finances.
Packaging: Recycling
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Farms: Fire Prevention
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage farmers to develop detailed fire plans, as recommended by the NFU Mutual's Farm Fires Report 2025.