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Departmental Waste

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what volume of waste was generated by Number 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years; what percentage of this was (a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) glass, (d) metal, (e) electrical goods and batteries and (f) food waste; and what...
Asked by
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2010
Reference
508 c891W; 311838
House
House of Commons
Food Wastage
I agree completely with my hon. Friend. Another step that some supermarkets have taken is to move from "buy one get one free" offers to "buy one now, get one free later". That simple change gives the same benefit to the consumer and helps to reduce food waste, so I warmly encourage it.
Answered by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c371
House
House of Commons
Food Wastage
When my right hon. Friend next talks to food producers and packers, will he ask them to bear it in mind that an increasing number of us are living alone? It would be much easier to stop throwing food away if, for example, packets of bacon were reduced from eight rashers to just four rashers.
Asked by
Ann Cryer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c371
House
House of Commons
Food Wastage
What steps are being taken to reduce the level of food wastage.
Asked by
Andrew Pelling (Independent (affiliation))
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c371; 324068
House
House of Commons
Food Wastage
A number of supermarkets are working very hard towards reducing that and towards sending no food waste to landfill. Indeed, I visited one of the nation's anaerobic digesters at the start of the week, and there were two great big piles of waste—one had come from supermarkets and stores and the other had come from households, principally in west London. That plant is generating about 2 MW of renewable energy, thereby turning a problem into an opportunity for the nation. That is why we need more of that, and the measures to which the Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Wansdyke (Dan Norris), has just referred will encourage a further increase in the number of anaerobic digester plants.
Answered by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c371
House
House of Commons
Food Wastage
The pressure group Pig Business has highlighted that 4.1 million tonnes of food is wasted every year. In addition to the good work that the Government are doing, as listed by the Secretary of State, what work can be done with supermarkets to encourage a reduction in food waste?
Asked by
Andrew Pelling (Independent (affiliation))
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c371
House
House of Commons
Food Wastage
The Government are working with the Waste and Resources Action Programme—WRAP—to cut food waste through the "Love Food Hate Waste" campaign and the Courtauld commitment, and we are working with the Food Standards Agency to improve the understanding and use of guidance on food date labelling and storage.
Answered by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c371
House
House of Commons
Renewable Energy: Waste

(3) which departments have officials on the joint working group on energy from waste policy.
Asked by
Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1358W; 319332
House
House of Commons
Renewable Energy: Waste

(2) who has attended each meeting of the joint working group on energy from waste policy;
Asked by
Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1358W; 319331
House
House of Commons
Renewable Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions the joint working group on energy from waste policy plans to hold on regulatory barriers to energy from waste deployment;
Asked by
Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1358W; 319330
House
House of Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Reducing the impact of business waste through the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General .
Type
House of Commons papers
Notes
See also PAC report HC 520 2009-10
Date
3 March 2010
Reference
HC 216 2009-10
House
House of Commons
Renewable Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the three month period for consideration of comments made on the draft End of Waste protocol under Article 8(2) of the Technical Standards Directive (98/34/EC) will conclude; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
John Leech (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 March 2010
Reference
506 c855W; 318394
House
House of Commons
Renewable Energy: Waste

(2) what consideration the joint working group on energy from waste policy has given to end of waste fuels.
Asked by
John Leech (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 March 2010
Reference
506 c854W; 318393
House
House of Commons
Renewable Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) on what dates the joint working group on energy from waste policy has met;
Asked by
John Leech (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 March 2010
Reference
506 c854W; 318392
House
House of Commons
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010

My Lords, the Minister is absolutely right to say that this complex-looking order was thoroughly discussed and considered in a committee of the other place as recently as last Tuesday. It also featured as a case study in the Welsh Affairs Committee report of 15 January entitled, Review of the...
Member
Lord Roberts of Conwy (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
716 c328-9GC
House
House of Lords
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010

My Lords, anybody who reads the Explanatory Memorandum will realise—because it spells it out very well—that the transfer of environmental powers is long-standing, considerable and pre-dates the establishment of the Welsh Assembly by many years. Old Welsh Office Ministers started gaining such powers under the Control of Pollution Act 1974....
Member
Lord Rowlands (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
716 c330-2GC
House
House of Lords
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010

My Lords, the order has been approved by the National Assembly for Wales and was debated in the other place last week. It has had the advantage of pre-legislative scrutiny by the Constitution Committee of this House, by the Welsh Affairs Committee in the other place and by a committee...
Member
Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
716 c325-6GC
House
House of Lords
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have indicated their broad support for the order while identifying some criticisms which need to be taken on board. In some cases, I would think that they have been taken on board. I very much appreciate the point made by the...
Member
Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
716 c332-4GC
House
House of Lords
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010

My Lords, this is an extremely complex LCO. Even after the massive scrutiny that has taken place on it, when contrasted with the previous LCO that we considered on modifications, this is a much more complex order. Witness the massive length of the Explanatory Memorandum document. It clearly affects the...
Member
Lord Livsey of Talgarth (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
716 c329-30GC
House
House of Lords
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010
Member
Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
716 c325GC
House
House of Lords