Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 104521

Deposit Return Schemes: Wales

Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Carolyn Harris

LabourNeath 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 Bryant
We 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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