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Craig Paton

Lorna Slater: Scottish Government to assess if it can make deposit scheme work

PA Wire

Lorna Slater has called on the UK Government to change course on the deposit return scheme (DRS), as she said Scottish ministers will have to assess if they can make it “work”.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack wrote to the Scottish Government on Friday, granting the exemption to the Internal Market Act needed for the scheme to operate, but said the inclusion of glass could risk a “permanent divergence” between the UK and Scotland.

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