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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the Fifth Report of Session 2023-24 of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Government’s programme of waste reforms.

Based on a report by the National Audit Office, the Public Accounts Committee took evidence from Defra on 11 September 2023. The Committee published its report on 1 December 2023. The Fifth Report of Session 2023-24 of the Committee entitled 'Government's Programme of Waste Reforms' is the Government’s response to the recommendations in the Committee’s report. The Fifth Report of Session 2023-24 will be returned to Treasury Officers of Accounts on 7 February 2024 and published on 15 February 2024.