Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of consulting on (a) whether and (b) how chemically-recycled content could be accounted for through the Plastics Packaging Tax using a mass balance chain of custody model.

I discussed this matter with my Hon. Friend the former Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in April this year. The consultation will be published later this year and further information will be provided in due course.

The Government is committed to developing an approach which supports the commercialisation of the UK chemical recycling sector, whilst maintaining the integrity and supporting the objectives of the Plastic Packaging Tax.