Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a fast-food sales levy to help tackle the amount of packing discarded illegally from those businesses.

Tackling litter is a priority for the Government, which is why we are taking measures to reduce packaging waste and increase the amount of 'on-the-go' packaging that is recycled or reused. Last year we consulted on the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers and Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging. We will publish a government response to each consultation detailing our final policy positions in early 2022. We have no plans to introduce a fast-food sales levy.