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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the new waste and recycling targets proposed by the European Union and their impact on the United Kingdom; and whether they plan to oppose them on the grounds of vital national interest.[HL878]

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 July 2014
Reference
HL878; 755 cc121-2WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 28 June (WA 418) concerning the use of food caddies, whether local authorities would need the consent of voters through a local referendum before introducing food caddies in their area.

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 July 2011
Reference
10849; 729 c218WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their intention to require the use of food-waste bins by all households; and, if so, under what legislative instrument the policy will be introduced; what sanctions are intended for non-compliance; and how those sanctions will be enforced.

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 June 2011
Reference
10253; 728 c418WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 2 February (WA 280), whether they will reconsider their decision not to re-examine the Landfill Directive with a view to extending the time scale for and proportion of waste sent to landfill and to examine the...

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 February 2011
Reference
6702; 725 c126WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following reports of local authorities stopping weekly refuse collections and the decision of Wokingham Borough Council to introduce a collection limit of 80 bags of ordinary refuse per annum, they will re-examine the operation of the European Union directive on the landfill of waste...

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 February 2011
Reference
6327; 724 c280WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of concerns about the danger of disposing of energy-saving light bulbs, they will lift the ban on the manufacture, sale and importation of traditional tungsten filament light bulbs.

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 January 2011
Reference
5966; 724 c99-100WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to take action to inform all households and businesses in what way they should safely dispose of used fluorescent light bulbs and how they should deal with breakages, bearing in mind the toxic substances contained in those commodities.

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 January 2008
Reference
1170; 698 c84WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have agreed with suppliers of energy-saving light bulbs that a warning should be displayed on packaging and the light bulbs themselves that they contain toxic substances, instructions for their safe disposal and advice as to how breakages should be safely dealt with.

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 January 2008
Reference
1171; 698 c84WA
House
House of Lords

Whether, in light of the difficulties faced by a number of local authorities in conducting weekly refuse collection, and the possibility of charges being made on households, they have any plans to renegotiate the current targets for landfill disposal contained within the landfill directive.

Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 May 2007
Reference
3513; 692 c102WA
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the problem is not only recyclable waste or packaging waste; a lot of the waste that goes into dustbins is food waste, because people are encouraged to buy far more food than they need. Is there anything that the Government or local authorities can do about that?
Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
28 March 2007
Reference
690 c1647
House
House of Lords