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Engagements
I agree with my hon. Friend that local considerations should be taken into account. That is one reason why we have made the changes to the Infrastructure Planning Commission. It is important that local communities have their say, and she has put the case extremely strongly.
Answered by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
526 c342
House
House of Commons
Engagements
A multinational is applying to build an incinerator the size of a football pitch some 500 metres from the small market town of Middlewich in my constituency. There is no need for this provision; it will involve importing waste and it has been unanimously rejected by the local planning committee. Does the Prime Minister agree that the concerns of local people over the negative impact that it will have on their town should be afforded paramount importance when the proposal is considered on appeal?
Asked by
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
526 c342
House
House of Commons
Engagements
I will certainly look carefully at the point that my right hon. Friend makes. The point that I would make about Statoil is that the regime in Norway has higher duties and taxes on petrol than the UK does. The key point is that when companies in the North sea made investment decisions, the oil price was about $65 a barrel, and it is now about $115 a barrel. I think that the break we are giving the motorist by cutting petrol tax—including for people in his constituency, many of whom rely on their cars—will be hugely welcome.
Answered by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
526 c343-4
House
House of Commons
Engagements
I completely understand the point that the hon. Lady makes, particularly in relation to Stoke, where the Potteries—[Interruption.] I wish that the shadow Chancellor would occasionally shut up and listen to the answer. [Interruption.] ... I may be alone in finding the shadow Chancellor the most annoying person in modern politics—[Interruption.] No, no. I have a feeling that the Leader of the Opposition will one day agree with me, but there we are. Where were we? The Potteries, yes. Clearly, there are massive issues because of the decline of the Potteries. I completely understand the need for Stoke to have that support. It is very important that the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Joan Walley) is working to bring together the Potteries communities, including MPs and the local enterprise partnership. I will certainly ask my right hon. Friend the Chancellor to look at whether it can be in the next lot of enterprise zones, because we want to help the Potteries communities she represents.
Answered by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
526 c342-3
House
House of Commons
Engagements
In the light of the announcement by Statoil this week that it is cancelling £6 billion of investment in the North sea following the Budget, will the Prime Minister ensure that Ministers at the Treasury and the Department of Energy and Climate Change engage with the industry to explain how the field allowances might be adjusted to ensure that this valued investment goes ahead and that jobs are not lost?
Asked by
Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
526 c343-4
House
House of Commons
Engagements
When all the local MPs met the North Staffordshire chamber of commerce last week, it asked us why north Staffordshire was not on the list to have a local enterprise zone. Does the Prime Minister understand the need for job creation in Stoke-on-Trent, and will he arrange for his colleagues in local government and at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to liaise with us and the Treasury to ensure that we get that investment when the new list is announced in July?
Asked by
Joan Walley (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
526 c342-3
House
House of Commons
Engagements
Asked by
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Notes
Lead question not printed.
Date
30 March 2011
Reference
49659; 526 c342
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on incinerators.
Lead member
Fiona Bruce
Answering member
James Paice
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c63-72WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I am pleased, Mr Dobbin, to address this subject under your chairmanship. It is a serious one for my constituents, and my focus today is on localism. I appreciate the Minister making time to respond to the debate. I hope that he will clarify Government policy on incineration and say...
Member
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c63-4WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. It is extremely important that we understand what we call the ““hierarchy of waste disposal””. As my hon. Friends know, this Government are determined to be a green Government, and part of that involves moving towards a zero-waste economy....
Member
James Paice (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c69-72WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Many local residents and I believe that the PFI project is flawed because it relies on forecasts of increasing waste volumes, low recycling and rising landfill tax over the next 25 to 30 years. To the best of my knowledge, the Minister's Department does...
Member
Nigel Adams (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c67WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I support what my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) said about what happens after a waste site is built. I experienced such problems when I was a parliamentary candidate for Lancashire before the boundary changes. The Farington waste site was built in my constituency, which is now...
Member
Baroness Fullbrook (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c67-8WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

Thank you, Mr Dobbin, and good afternoon to you. I want to start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) on securing a debate on an issue that is important not only for her constituency but, as has been shown, for a number of my hon....
Member
James Paice (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c68-9WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I hear what the Minister says about the level of pollution from incinerators, which is correct and broadly in accordance with reports produced, inter alia, by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on this subject. However, it is not true of landfill sites, which sometimes cover many hundreds of acres and...
Member
David Mowat (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c69WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

My hon. Friend makes a good point. Indeed, that is why the Middlewich residents are so offended; in November 2007, approval was given for a new landfill site, which was to be positioned less than a half a mile away from the proposed new incinerator. Let me touch on a...
Member
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c65-6WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I do not want to go into the details of the incineration in Middlewich, but it is important to understand why we incinerate or combust. This country continues to put more waste into landfill than any other country in Europe, which is a disgrace. There is a large landfill tip...
Member
David Mowat (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c65WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

My hon. Friend makes my points for me. If the four planned incinerators in Cheshire go ahead, there will be over-provision. There is no need for a further facility at Middlewich. That was confirmed in the original planning refusal, which stated that there would be an over-provision of waste facilities....
Member
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c65WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

Let me add my concerns to the debate about Allerton Park. The financial case for the proposal at Allerton Park is deeply flawed. The proposed incinerator will require 300,000 tonnes of waste a year, yet the household waste generated across North Yorkshire will not reach that level. That means that...
Member
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c67WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) for securing this very important debate on a subject that is exercising the mind of many of my constituents in Selby and Ainsty, and constituents from across the whole of north Yorkshire. Let me take this opportunity...
Member
Nigel Adams (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c67WH
House
House of Commons
Incinerators

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I am a fellow Cheshire Member, and, as we all know, Cheshire is God's own county. Four proposed incinerators surround my constituency. They are at Weston Point, Ince Marshes, Lostock and Middlewich. I wonder how we are going to feed them. At...
Member
Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
517 c65WH
House
House of Commons