A question tabled by Dr Allison Gardner on 31-03-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

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Question ID: 1790676
UIN: 42929
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-31
Asking Member ID: 5334
Asking Member display name: Dr Allison Gardner
Asking Member handle: AllisonCGardner
Asking Member Twitter reference: @AllisonCGardner
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a phased introduction of extended producer responsibility fees.
Is named day: true
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Date answered: 2025-04-07
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: We have taken a phased approach to implementing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR). Reporting obligations for this scheme were introduced in 2024, and fee obligations for large producers introduced on 1 April 2025. From April 2026 PackU...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true