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 cumulative impact on businesses and consumers of the planned implementation of (a) a deposit return scheme, (b) an extended producer responsibility scheme and (c) other changes to packaging recovery notes.

A cumulative assessment of the impact of the Collection and Packaging Reforms was published in 2021 at consultation stage: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/consistency-in-household-and-business-recycling/supporting_documents/Collection%20and%20packaging%20reforms%20summary%20of%20impacts.pdf .