{"value":{"id":1767006,"askingMemberId":5255,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-02-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-02-25T00:00:00","uin":"32578","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish each of the responses to the final Simpler Recycling consultation.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1579,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-03-06T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In October 2023, Defra held two consultations on Simpler Recycling, and has since published consultation responses for both online, including a summary of responses:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fsimpler-recycling-in-england-additional-policies&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFatima.Zahid%40defra.gov.uk%7Cab3bce1b54294307772508dd55a55b33%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638760890882060163%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=B4HQxEbmFNBhDxvGDwoO7FobjRHys62BG1IekkRLJPk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Simpler recycling in England: additional policies - GOV.UK</a></li><li><a href=\"https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fexemptions-and-statutory-guidance-for-simpler-recycling-in-england&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFatima.Zahid%40defra.gov.uk%7Cab3bce1b54294307772508dd55a55b33%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638760890882075074%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JfLFFsGhCjPY2xHim4VXt5IDE1mdcpifxOp3Wwau%2F9A%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Exemptions and statutory guidance for simpler recycling in England - GOV.UK</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>Note, the Government has since published a policy update on Simpler Recycling (November 2024): <a href=\"https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsimpler-recycling-in-england-policy-update&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFatima.Zahid%40defra.gov.uk%7Cab3bce1b54294307772508dd55a55b33%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638760890882092102%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FuzyfLXrHvLSzXvnOqUZjz56u8P8x%2BB5YpXtQ2Qo6dw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Simpler Recycling in England: policy update - GOV.UK</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Domestic Waste: Recycling","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1767006","method":"GET"}]}