Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 5 July 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Mark Pawsey. The answering member was Mark Prisk.

Packaging Industry

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on future proposals for the packaging industry.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 530 c415-36WH
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Mark Pawsey | 530 c416WH (Link to this contribution) I shall come on to the pressures that the industry has faced, and some of the actions that we may as...; Kate Green | 530 c416WH (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased that the hon. Gentleman has secured the debate. Nampak Plastics in my constituency...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c415-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your Chairmanship, Sir Alan. I am pleased to see the Minister and so...; Susan Elan Jones | 530 c416WH (Link to this contribution) It is rather heart-warming to hear the hon. Gentleman talk about home-grown British packaging busine...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c416WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a good point: we need the industry to go from start to finish, recycling a produ...; David Simpson | 530 c417WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. I declare an interest: I have a...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c416-7WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point: recycled material should be seen as a resource. It should be used...; Neil Carmichael | 530 c416WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the debate; it is excellent that my hon. Friend has secured it. There is another issue tha...; Neil Carmichael | 530 c418WH (Link to this contribution) The industry will continue to exist, because we will still need packaging, but we should celebrate t...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c418WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I shall speak later about concerns that have been raised about th...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c417-8WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the use of recycled materials. We need to be careful abo...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c419-20WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point about the image of engineering. As west midlands MPs, we both know...; Baroness Burt of Solihull | 530 c419WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with what my hon. Friend says about the need to increase young people's awareness of the opp...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c418-9WH (Link to this contribution) I shall speak later about some of the industry's innovations in response to the pressures, and my ho...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c420WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point about the industry's activity. None the less, I want to focus on t...; Baroness Burt of Solihull | 530 c420WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is being very patient with me this morning. Is he aware of the National Industrial Sy...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c420-2WH (Link to this contribution) I want to address that point a bit later. My hon. Friend is right. All we end up doing is moving mor...; Mike Crockart | 530 c420WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way so many times. Although it is undeniable that we need to deal ...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c422-5WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Cross-cutting and working together through voluntary agreement is entirely the way forwa...; Kate Green | 530 c422WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening with care to the hon. Gentleman and agree with much of his analysis. Does he agree th...; Ian Lucas | 530 c427-31WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alan, and to hear the hon. Member for Rugby (...; Nigel Mills | 530 c426-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Meale, for the second time this morning. I pay...; Mark Pawsey | 530 c435WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister have any particular advice for the packaging industry to ensure that it is conside...; Mark Prisk | 530 c431-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) on securing the debate and, indeed,...; Mark Prisk | 530 c435-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am mindful of that, and the hon. Gentleman has made a good point about overheads. Clearly, energy ...; Mark Prisk | 530 c435WH (Link to this contribution) Yes; I want to encourage industry to ensure that specific aspects of the carbon floor price or other...; Rory Stewart | 530 c418WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Following his observations on the company in ...; Russell Brown | 530 c435WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will take from the debate the point that for most of the industry energy co...
Subjects: Manufacturing industries Recycling Packaging Regulation Waste management Research Trade competitiveness
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Packaging Industry

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