Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 104521
Deposit Return Schemes: Wales
Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Carolyn Harris
Labour — Neath and Swansea East
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of granting the Welsh Government’s proposed UK Internal Market Act exemption on the Deposit Return Scheme on (a) businesses and (b) consumers.
Answer
Chris BryantWe have not made such specific assessments, however we are keen to progress a UK Deposit Return Scheme and are currently evaluating the Welsh Government's proposal for an exclusion from the UK Internal Market Act as set out in the UK Internal Market Act R...
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