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Asked by Mr Will ForsterLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45397

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on brewers’ ability to invest in the UK; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of

Answered by Mary Creagh

In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector.

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