Will the Cabinet Secretary outline whether an exemption has been sought under the UK Internal Market Act in the proposed Welsh Government deposit return scheme?
Answered by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs | Answered on 01/12/2025
The Welsh Government has formally put forward a proposal to the other governments for an exclusion for the Deposit Return Scheme in Wales to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, noting that the scope of the scheme is fully within devolved competence. We have also been clear that should the exclusion proposal not be agreed, this would lead to a scenario where there would be no DRS in Wales and as such an exclusion would be required for the schemes in other nations.