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That this House recognises the environmental advantages of degradable plastics, namely that they can be composted, that they will degrade when exposed to a normal environment and that they are environmentally friendly in their production; notes that 80 per cent. of post-consumer plastic goes to landfill, with only 7 per...

Primary sponsor
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
26 November 2003
Reference
49
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total volume of packaging used by the fast food industry in each of the last 10 years when serving their customers, broken down by (a) cardboard and paper, (b) plastics, (c)...

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 November 2003
Reference
413 c1226W;413 c1222-3W; 139199;139200
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to require fast food outlets to use only biodegradable packaging.

Asked by
Bob Blizzard (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2003
Reference
134847; 413 c2W
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Commons amendments considered and agreed to.

Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Debates on bills
Date
3 November 2003
Reference
654 c521-38
House
House of Lords

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Report stage. New clauses considered. Third reading debate. Bill passed with amendments. (Amendment to Division list at c218 given in Corrigenda to Daily Part at 413 c1040).

Lead member
Elliot Morley
Answering member
Bill Wiggin
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Debates on bills
Date
28 October 2003
Reference
412 c179-274, (corrigendum) 413 c1040;412 c179-274
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Date
10 September 2003
Reference
HC 1084 2002/03
House
House of Commons

I. Letter dated 29.08.2003 from Edwin Basiime, Landfill Policy Team, regarding the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme consultation paper. II. Landfill allowance trading scheme consultation. 63 p. III. Partial regulatory impact assessment on implementing the landfill provisions of the Waste and Emissions Trading Bill. 28 p. IV. Landfill allowance trading scheme...

Deposited by
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Consultation papers; Impact assessments; Deposited papers
Date
8 September 2003
Reference
Dep 03/1902
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which materials will be included in the review of a ban on the landfilling of recyclable products due to be carried out in 2006. - Includes ref to Strategy Units report 'Waste Not Want Not'.

Asked by
Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 September 2003
Reference
125125; 409 c852-3W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Notes
DEB;CH 19 JUN 03
Date
14 May 2003
Reference
HC 385 2002/03
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Committee stage seventh sitting (morning). Clause 22 as amended agreed to. Clause 22 to 25 agreed to. Clauses 26 under consideration.

Type
Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings
Notes
Received 01.05.03
Date
29 April 2003
Reference
SCB
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Committee stage sixth sitting (afternoon). Programming motion agreed to. Clauses 17 to 21 agreed to, clause 17 as amended. Clause 22 under consideration.

Type
Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings
Date
10 April 2003
Reference
SCB
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Committee stage fourth sitting (afternoon). Clauses 10 to 16 agreed to. Clause 17 under consideration.

Type
Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings
Notes
Received 09.04.03
Date
8 April 2003
Reference
SCB
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Committee stage first sitting (morning). Programme resolution agreed to. Clause 1 agreed to.

Type
Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings
Notes
Received 04.04.03
Date
3 April 2003
Reference
SCB
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Committee stage second sitting (afternoon). Clauses 3 to 6 agreed to.

Type
Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings
Notes
Received 07.04.03
Date
3 April 2003
Reference
SCB
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (Lords). Second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Programme motion on proceedings in Standing Committee, Report, Third Reading and other proceedings. Agreed to on question (formal). Money resolution agreed to on question (formal). Ways and means resolution agreed to on question (formal).

Lead member
Michael Meacher
Answering member
David Lidington
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Debates on bills
Date
20 March 2003
Reference
401 c1128-77
House
House of Commons

The Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). (Bill 66 of 2002/03). House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/25.

Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
19 March 2003
Reference
RP03-25

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential role of degradable plastic bags in improving environmental protection; what steps her department is taking to encourage industry to move towards the use of degradable plastic bags.

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 March 2003
Reference
401 c148-9W; 99266;99245
House
House of Commons

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill (HL). Lords third reading and debate on amendments. Bill passed and sent to the Commons.

Lead member
Lord Whitty
Answering member
Baroness Byford
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Debates on bills
Date
6 March 2003
Reference
645 c921-56
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is preparing to implement the Landfill Directive by 2016.

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 February 2003
Reference
96469; 400 c91W;400 c90W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when and how the Government informed the European Commission of its intention to postpone the attainment of the targets set out in Article 5.2 of the Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.

Asked by
Robert Jackson (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 February 2003
Reference
89274; 400 c90-1W;400 c89-90W
House
House of Commons