Question follow-through · 127773
Batteries: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether EU Regulation 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries will come into force in Northern Ireland before equivalent requirements are introduced in Great Britain; and what asses
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether EU Regulation 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries will come into force in Northern Ireland before equivalent requirements are introduced in Great Britain; and what asses
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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21 Apr 2026
Answer published
No UK Internal Market assessment has been made. Article 5(4), in conjunction with Article 13(3) of the Windsor Framework, provides that the EU law listed in Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework, including that law as amended or replaced, will apply to and in ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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