Question follow-through · 41151
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a comparative analysis of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes in other advanced economies, including any measures taken to prevent disproportionate cost burdens
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a comparative analysis of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes in other advanced economies, including any measures taken to prevent disproportionate cost burdens
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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3 Apr 2025
Answer published
International comparisons of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes are challenging due to differences in waste infrastructure across countries. The UK’s pEPR scheme covers more costs than those in other countries. For example, many European count...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Packaging: Recycling
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Packaging: Recycling
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18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the impairment fee on financial pressures on the British brewing sector.
Packaging: Fees and Charges
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26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her department's policies of the National Security Assessment on Global Ecosystems, published 20th January 2026.
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