Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110166

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 2 February 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will formally re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging as a forum for (a) industry, (b) government and (c) regulators to oversee the operation of the Packaging Recovery

Answer

Mary Creagh

Defra has no plans to re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging in its previous form. However, as part of the forthcoming consultation on Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) reforms, the department will be seeking views on how best to bring togeth...

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