My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andrew Lansley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Government will publish a consultation on the packaging of tobacco products in spring 2012. In March 2011 the Government published Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andrew Lansley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Government will publish a consultation on the packaging of tobacco products in spring 2012. In March 2011 the Government published Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England...

The Government will publish a consultation on the packaging of tobacco products in spring 2012. In March 2011 the Government published ““Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England”” which set out how our comprehensive, evidence-based programme of tobacco control will be delivered within the context of the...

The Government will publish a consultation on the packaging of tobacco products in spring 2012. In March 2011 the Government published ““Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England”” which set out how our comprehensive, evidence-based programme of tobacco control will be delivered within the context of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has considered reviewing the regulations of packaging for prescription drugs for the purpose of ensuring that each individual strip or part of strip is packaged and labelled clearly; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has considered reviewing the regulations of packaging for prescription drugs for the purpose of ensuring that each individual strip or part of strip is packaged and labelled clearly; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has any plans to establish a statutory producer responsibility regime for (a) metal and (b) plastic packaging.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has any plans to establish a statutory producer responsibility regime for (a) metal and (b) plastic packaging.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she plans to take to implement the recommendations of the annual report of the Advisory Committee on Packaging for 2010-11 on plastic packaging targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she plans to take to implement the recommendations of the annual report of the Advisory Committee on Packaging for 2010-11 on plastic packaging targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to convene with the Work Reduction Action Programme and other relevant trade associations a working group on toy packaging.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to convene with the Work Reduction Action Programme and other relevant trade associations a working group on toy packaging.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of progress in meeting obligations under the EU Packaging Directive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of progress in meeting obligations under the EU Packaging Directive.

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

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

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Following his observations on the company in his constituency, does he recognise that the packaging industry is not just important as an industry, but provides a lot of model companies for Britain? For example, Innovia in Wigton is investing a great...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Following his observations on the company in his constituency, does he recognise that the packaging industry is not just important as an industry, but provides a lot of model companies for Britain? For example, Innovia in Wigton is investing a great...

I hope that the Minister will take from the debate the point that for most of the industry energy costs are significantly greater than the average profit margin, which is a massive issue that needs to be tackled.

I hope that the Minister will take from the debate the point that for most of the industry energy costs are significantly greater than the average profit margin, which is a massive issue that needs to be tackled.

The industry will continue to exist, because we will still need packaging, but we should celebrate the fact that the industry is capable of huge technical advances. Nampak in my constituency, which makes bottles for Dairy Crest, has made some great strides in reducing the weight of its bottles, stopping...

The industry will continue to exist, because we will still need packaging, but we should celebrate the fact that the industry is capable of huge technical advances. Nampak in my constituency, which makes bottles for Dairy Crest, has made some great strides in reducing the weight of its bottles, stopping...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I shall speak later about concerns that have been raised about the effect of packaging on the environment. However, that pressure has caused industries in the sector to become good neighbours, and to work with their communities and undertake exactly the kind of...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I shall speak later about concerns that have been raised about the effect of packaging on the environment. However, that pressure has caused industries in the sector to become good neighbours, and to work with their communities and undertake exactly the kind of...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the use of recycled materials. We need to be careful about products that come into contact with food. I shall speak later about a recycling project with which I am familiar, but the recycled products are not for food use. I referred...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the use of recycled materials. We need to be careful about products that come into contact with food. I shall speak later about a recycling project with which I am familiar, but the recycled products are not for food use. I referred...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the image of engineering. As west midlands MPs, we both know the importance of engineering. As a father of children who have recently gone through school, I recognise that the case for going into industry and getting involved in manufacturing has not...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the image of engineering. As west midlands MPs, we both know the importance of engineering. As a father of children who have recently gone through school, I recognise that the case for going into industry and getting involved in manufacturing has not...

I agree with what my hon. Friend says about the need to increase young people's awareness of the opportunities that exist in manufacturing. Does he agree that we need to shake up the image that the career service has of manufacturing? I am talking about the idea that engineering is...

I agree with what my hon. Friend says about the need to increase young people's awareness of the opportunities that exist in manufacturing. Does he agree that we need to shake up the image that the career service has of manufacturing? I am talking about the idea that engineering is...

I shall speak later about some of the industry's innovations in response to the pressures, and my hon. Friend gives a great example. Given those concerns, I turn to matters to do with the environment and energy costs. I understand that many of them are not the direct responsibility of...

I shall speak later about some of the industry's innovations in response to the pressures, and my hon. Friend gives a great example. Given those concerns, I turn to matters to do with the environment and energy costs. I understand that many of them are not the direct responsibility of...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the industry's activity. None the less, I want to focus on the concerns that a cost input of the industry is significantly out of line with that of similar manufacturing companies based elsewhere. I shall add to the Civitas quote. The think-tank...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the industry's activity. None the less, I want to focus on the concerns that a cost input of the industry is significantly out of line with that of similar manufacturing companies based elsewhere. I shall add to the Civitas quote. The think-tank...

My hon. Friend is being very patient with me this morning. Is he aware of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme, which works across industry, thinks outside the box and uses other firms' waste and by-products? Since April 2006, its 12,500 members have reduced by 7 million tonnes the waste that...

My hon. Friend is being very patient with me this morning. Is he aware of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme, which works across industry, thinks outside the box and uses other firms' waste and by-products? Since April 2006, its 12,500 members have reduced by 7 million tonnes the waste that...

I want to address that point a bit later. My hon. Friend is right. All we end up doing is moving more product around rather than manufacturing it in the place where it would be most sensible to do so. In that movement, we generate additional carbon dioxide. On business...

I want to address that point a bit later. My hon. Friend is right. All we end up doing is moving more product around rather than manufacturing it in the place where it would be most sensible to do so. In that movement, we generate additional carbon dioxide. On business...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way so many times. Although it is undeniable that we need to deal with climate change, is he not worried that we might not only lose industry abroad, but off-shore our CO2 emissions, which effectively means that we do not deal with the...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way so many times. Although it is undeniable that we need to deal with climate change, is he not worried that we might not only lose industry abroad, but off-shore our CO2 emissions, which effectively means that we do not deal with the...