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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2026 to Question 32434 on Packaging: EU law, whether it is the policy intention of (a) her Department and (b) the European Union that the UK should align with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, subject to negotiation.

Defra cannot comment on the policy intentions of the European Union.