Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Thursday, 7 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 8 December 2000. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Friday, 8 December 2000 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Liability and Compensation Protocol to the Basel Convention, concluded at the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

Answer: Mr. White: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the Liability and Compensation Protocol to the Basel Convention, concluded at the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Convention. [142220] Mr. Meacher: I am pleased to announce that the UK signed the Liability and Compensation Protocol to the Basel Convention which was adopted in Basel on 10 December 1999, at the 5th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention yesterday evening. The Protocol provides for a comprehensive regime for liability and for adequate and prompt compensation for damage resulting from the transboundary movement and the disposal of hazardous wastes and other wastes. This Protocol represents yet another milestone in securing an environmentally sound global regime for the management of hazardous wastes.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 359 c13W;359 c11W; 142220
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Compensation Hazardous substances Treaties Waste disposal Basel Convention
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