Question follow-through · 104521
Deposit Return Schemes: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of granting the Welsh Government’s proposed UK Internal Market Act exemption on the Deposit Return Scheme on (a) businesses and (b) consumers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of granting the Welsh Government’s proposed UK Internal Market Act exemption on the Deposit Return Scheme on (a) businesses and (b) consumers.
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jan 2026
Answer published
We have not made such specific assessments, however we are keen to progress a UK Deposit Return Scheme and are currently evaluating the Welsh Government's proposal for an exclusion from the UK Internal Market Act as set out in the UK Internal Market Act R...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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