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Recycling: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Circular Economy Taskforce on supporting a green economy.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 7 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2025
Answer: 22 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Circular Economy Taskforce on supporting a green economy.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Circular Economy Taskforce was convened to help the government develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England, including a series of roadmaps detailing the interventions that the government and others will make on a sector-by-sector basis. The output...

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