Deposit Return Schemes: Wales
Commons · Question 104520 · Tabled 9 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
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...