Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25606

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the readiness of the supply chain to implement a deposit return scheme; and if he will engage with the wine and spirits industry on steps to implement

Answer

Mary Creagh
The UK Government is fully committed to a Deposit Return Scheme and will continue to work closely with the Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland to launch the scheme across England...

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