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Deposit Return Schemes: Wales

Commons · Question 104520 · Tabled 9 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2026

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Asked by Carolyn Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact the Welsh Government’s proposed UK Internal Market Act exemption to run its own Deposit Return Scheme would have on (a) existing and (b) future UK tr

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 16 Jan 2026

We have not made such specific assessments, however we are keen to progress a UK Deposit Return Scheme and are currently evaluating the Welsh Government's proposal for an exclusion from the UK Internal Market Act as set out in the UK Internal Market Act R...