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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-06-16more like thismore than 2023-06-16
answering body
Department for Business and Trade more like this
answering dept id 214 more like this
answering dept short name Business and Trade more like this
answering dept sort name Business and Trade more like this
hansard heading Chemicals and Technology: Environment Protection more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to encourage investment in (a) chemical recycling and (b) other new green technology. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2023-06-26
answer text <p>Chemical recycling covers a range of emerging technologies that could potentially offer a complementary recycling route for plastics where mechanical recycling is impractical or uneconomic. The Government has funded innovative demonstrator projects, including on chemical recycling, through UK Research and Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging programme. In April of this year HM Treasury announced plans to consult on whether and how chemically recycled content could be accounted for in the Plastics Packaging Tax using a mass balance chain of custody model.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works with public finance institutions such as UK Infrastructure Bank, British Business Bank, UK Research and Innovation, Export Credit Agency and UK Export Finance, to support investment in green technologies.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wealden more like this
answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-06-26T11:27:22.803Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-26T11:27:22.803Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse more like this