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Litter: Fast Food

Commons · Question 44570 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2025

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory scheme to require drive through fast food outlets to print car registration details on purch

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 24 Apr 2025

We do not think it would be appropriate to require take-away food vendors to implement a vehicle registration number printing and tracing system for packaging due to the potential costs involved, which may outweigh any benefits. Data protection concerns h...