Question follow-through · 120516
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish its Circular Economy Growth Plan.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish its Circular Economy Growth Plan.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. This systemic change, with investment in green jobs and vital infrastructure, builds a path to economic growth, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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