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Recycling: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered adopting a phased introduction of the extended producer responsibility fees to allow businesses time to adapt.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered adopting a phased introduction of the extended producer responsibility fees to allow businesses time to adapt.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided on 7 April 2025 to PQ 42929.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Cats: Animal Breeding

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