Member

Following the summit, my right honourable friend Victoria Atkins wrote to the Government with a list of practical, immediate measures proposed by the sector to help them to survive the next 12 months. Among them was a request for a rapid review of the EPR scheme’s impacts on food, drink and hospitality, including the specific problem of pubs that are facing the double-charging issue. In the debate on 9 December, the Defra Minister responded: