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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what extent the proposed deposit return scheme for England and Wales will mirror the Scottish Government’s scheme.

We will continue to work closely with the devolved administrations as we develop proposals for a deposit return scheme in England. This also includes engaging with Scotland to learn from the earlier introduction of a Scottish deposit return scheme and to ensure that a deposit return scheme in the rest of the UK can work coherently alongside a Scottish scheme. We want to design and implement a deposit return scheme that will be most effective in helping achieve our policy goals.