Extract from committee stage (Commons) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - Jul 4

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Kevin Hollinrake): Amendments 68 and 69 would add the practice of greenwashing to the list of banned practices in schedule 18, and would introduce a requirement for the Government to consult on the matter. I thank the hon. Member for Gordon for his amendments, and I absolutely agree that consumers should not be misled. I admire his commitment to recycling, which is admirable. I wondered whether I should touch on that, given the difficulties that the SNP has got into with its Deposit return scheme, but—

Richard Thomson (Gordon) (SNP): I thank the Minister for that sideswipe, but it would be a great deal easier for the Scottish Government to comply with an English-designed scheme if that scheme was actually in existence for us to emulate. Absent our Deposit return scheme, we are stuck with the recycling schemes that we have, and I wonder whether the Minister will get to the point.

Kevin Hollinrake: I was just referring to the hon. Gentleman’s point. I will briefly say that our perspective is that a nationwide scheme would be best for business...

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