Question follow-through · 4509
Mobile Phones: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with smartphone and tablet manufacturers on the introduction of user-replaceable battery standards and the potential impact on consumer repair c
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with smartphone and tablet manufacturers on the introduction of user-replaceable battery standards and the potential impact on consumer repair c
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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4 Jun 2026
Answer published
Defra is working with the Devolved Governments to review the UK’s producer responsibility legislation for batteries. As part of this review, a series of workshops were held with industry earlier this year to explore the potential impacts of regulatory con...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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