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1674595

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will undertake an impact assessment of the cumulative impact of extended producer responsibility, the Deposit Return Scheme, and the Packaging Recovery Note system on the brewing and hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Final Impact Assessments will be published for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to allow us to update the analysis to accurately reflect the January 2023 government response, and for extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR). These impact assessments will assess the impact on businesses which includes these sectors.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:48:36 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674596

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has created a final programme-wide business case for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the Consistent Collections Project, and the Deposit Return Scheme for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>This is in progress. The Collection and Packaging Reforms Programme Business Case (PBC) is being prepared for Defra Investment Committee consideration early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 19/12/2023 14:05:54 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674597

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish detailed delivery plans for (a) Extended Producer Responsibility, (b) Consistent Collections, and (c) the Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>An updated, outward facing roadmap for these reforms will be shared with impacted stakeholders early next year. This sits alongside a comprehensive stakeholder communications and engagement approach which includes monthly delivery forums and a fortnightly newsletter to ensure access to detailed delivery information.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:42:06 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674598

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Waste Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish proposals for refill/reuse obligations as part of the Government’s waste and resource strategy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, as part of the Collection and Packaging reforms, will move the full cost of dealing with packaging waste generated by households from local taxpayers and councils to businesses that handle and use packaging (applying the ‘polluter-pays principle’). This will encourage businesses to think carefully about how much packaging they use and how easy it is to recycle. It will also encourage use of refillable and reusable packaging which will have a great role to play in driving down unnecessary waste.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and reuseable packaging. We remain committed to introducing refill/reuse obligations and will bring forward our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:37:19 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674599

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to identify measures that could be used to encourage greater use of (a) refillable and (b) reusable packaging.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We are working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and reuseable packaging. We remain committed to introducing refill/reuse obligations and will bring forward our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:31:50 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1656309

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure manufacturers of vapes help fund their disposal.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	196257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations require the producers of electrical and electronic equipment (including vapes) to take financial responsibility for the collection, and proper treatment the products that they place on the market when those products become waste at household waste recycling centres or are returned to retailers.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to consult on reviewing the existing WEEE regulations in 2023 to strengthen the obligations placed on producers and retailers to make it easier and more convenient for householders to dispose of their unwanted equipment, including vapes. In so doing we will make sure that the treatment costs that rise from waste vapes fall squarely on those who manufacture or import them.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/09/2023 12:43:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1656310

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of retail outlet disposal points for vapes.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	196258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations require retailers of vapes (and other electrical and electronic equipment) to provide take-back systems for their customers. We have committed to consult on reviewing the existing WEEE regulations in 2023 to strengthen the obligations placed on retailers (and producers) to make it easier and more convenient for householders to dispose of their unwanted equipment, including vapes.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/09/2023 12:01:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1656311

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of recycling disposable vapes.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	196259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Defra has recently commissioned some research to better understand the market for and environmental impacts of disposable vapes and associated cost impacts. That research will be published in due course. Currently there is no cost to the public purse for recycling disposable vapes that are deposited at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations require producers of electrical and electronic equipment (including vapes) to finance the collection and proper treatment of those products when they become waste at HWRCs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/09/2023 12:23:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654280

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Consumption and Production
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider the potential merits of publishing an annual assessment of the potential impact of free trade agreements on domestic food production and consumption.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) publishes Impact Assessments of the UK's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and these contain the official assessment of the potential impacts on the agri-food sector. DBT has also committed to monitor the implementation and conduct a comprehensive evaluation for the agreements as set out in the FTA impact assessments. Defra will also be supporting DBT in monitoring the impacts of new FTAs as these come into force over time.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:06:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654281

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce a (a) food security index, (b) food security target and (c) statutory duty to monitor and report on domestic food production levels annually.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Food security is a complex and multifaceted issue. There is no single indicator or index that captures the breadth of food security issues effectively. In the Government food strategy, we committed to broadly maintain the current level of food we produce domestically. We already monitor and report on domestic food production levels annually in our Agriculture in the United Kingdom publication. This is produced to meet a reporting commitment in the Agriculture Act 1993. In addition, the Agriculture Act 2020 commits the Government to produce analysis of statistical data relating to food security at least once every three years.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:04:35 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham