Question follow-through · 45791
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility scheme on local economic growth.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility scheme on local economic growth.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues, including extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) and the packaging reforms more broadly.These reforms, pEPR, Simpler Recycling and the Deposit Retu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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