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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that forthcoming Deposit Return Schemes are part of a UK-wide recycling ecosystem and that consumers and businesses are not disadvantaged based on their geography.

Although waste management is a devolved policy, we work closely with colleagues in devolved administrations to ensure consistency where possible. Ministers regularly meet with colleagues in the devolved administrations to discuss a range of issues.