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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of delaying the implementation of (a) reporting requirements and (b) charges under the extended producer responsibility scheme for packaging.

Work is ongoing to deliver our Extended Producer Responsibility scheme and we’re continuing to engage closely with manufacturers, retailers, and packaging companies on the design of the scheme.

We will continue to work with industry as we finalise plans to ensure that the scheme will deliver our environmental goals.