asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 22 April (WA 296) concerning the use of plastic packaging, whether the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 and the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 apply to all parts of the United Kingdom. [HL3235]

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 cover Great Britain, while Northern Ireland has its own regulations which duplicate them (the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006). The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003, which apply throughout the United Kingdom, are enforced in England, Wales and Scotland by the trading standards departments of individual local authorities and in Northern Ireland by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. In Scotland, prosecutions against infringement of the regulations are brought by the procurator fiscal. In other words, there is legislation, and an enforcement framework to implement the relevant EU legislation on packaging throughout the United Kingdom.