Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79889
Deposit Return Schemes
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative — Bridgwater
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Welsh government on the interoperability of its deposit return scheme with the schemes in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ire
Answer
Mary CreaghI and my officials remain in close working partnership with the Welsh Government as they develop further details of their scheme, with particular consideration of interoperability with DRS in the rest of the UK.