Question follow-through · 48742
Recycling: Exemptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he would make it his policy to create exemptions for Extender Producer Responsibility depending on (a) a producer’s sustainability and (b) B-Corp status.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 8 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
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he would make it his policy to create exemptions for Extender Producer Responsibility depending on (a) a producer’s sustainability and (b) B-Corp status.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
There are no exemptions planned for producers with B-Corp status. While private ESG schemes like B-Corp certification can play an important role in driving sustainability, they are complementary to, rather than a replacement for regulatory measures like p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pesticides: Public Places
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Animal Welfare: Trapping
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Batteries: Recycling
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Minerals: Recycling
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Seals: Animal Welfare
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Cats and Dogs: Smuggling
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Ports: Waste Disposal
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Hunting: Regulation
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