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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to respond to the consultation on Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which closed on 4 June 2021; and if he will make a statement.

Further details on when a Deposit Return Scheme will be introduced will be set out in the Government response to last year's consultation. We are working towards publication in late 2022.