Question follow-through · 110166
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will formally re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging as a forum for (a) industry, (b) government and (c) regulators to oversee the operation of the Packaging Recovery
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will formally re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging as a forum for (a) industry, (b) government and (c) regulators to oversee the operation of the Packaging Recovery
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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9 Feb 2026
Answer published
Defra has no plans to re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging in its previous form. However, as part of the forthcoming consultation on Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) reforms, the department will be seeking views on how best to bring togeth...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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