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To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will introduce separate bins in offices and communal areas across the parliamentary estate for the disposal of (a) plastic waste and (b) compostable waste.

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
House of Commons Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 December 2004
Reference
204923; 428 c1141W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce recycling targets for local authorities to cover (a) the recycling of commercial waste and (b) home composting; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 December 2004
Reference
202179; 428 c809-10W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to measure the contribution of home composting towards recycling targets.

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 2004
Reference
199054; 426 c2023W;426 c2029W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at what point in the processing cycle her Department ceases to define compost as waste.

Asked by
Lord Whitehead (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 November 2004
Reference
197852; 426 c1244-5W;426 c1248-9W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether organic material derived from the mechanical biological treatment of compost qualifies as suitable for composting for the purposes of local authority targets. - Inc ref to www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/management/guidance/mwms/ 10.htm.

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 November 2004
Reference
426 c994W;426 c998W; 196812
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of households in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley which (i) composted and (ii) recycled in the last period for which figures are available. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 2004
Reference
194623; 426 c349W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK households are recycling and composting; and whether the national target is being met. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 1 November 2004).

Asked by
Jim Cunningham (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 2004
Reference
194165; 426 c354W;426 c350W
House
House of Commons
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
19 October 2004
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest figures are for the amount of compostable material disposed of each year in England; how much is reclaimed and recycled as compost; and what plans she has to increase this figure. - Inc figs.

Asked by
Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 September 2004
Reference
424 c1323W;424 c1331W; 187547
House
House of Commons

Draft SI on landfill (scheme year and maximum landfill amount). Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Lord Whitty
Answering member
Lord Dixon-Smith
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Debates on delegated legislation
Date
13 July 2004
Reference
663 c1210-3
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to include home composting in recycling figures at (a) local and (b) national level.

Asked by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 2004
Reference
418 c147-8W; 154300
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether home composting is taken into account in the setting of recycling targets at (a) local and (b) national level.

Asked by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 2004
Reference
418 c147W; 154294
House
House of Commons

Local authority waste management performance reward grant consultation paper. DEFRA. 2004.

Deposited by
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Consultation papers; Deposited papers
Date
14 January 2004
Reference
Dep 04/182
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she plans to extend the statutory duty on local authorities with regard to recycling and composting beyond 2005-06; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Bill O'Brien (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 January 2004
Reference
416 c740W;416 c738W; 146518
House
House of Commons