Amendments proposed to the Waste and Emissions Trading Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Bill Wiggin

54

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     19,     leave out 'reducing'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin

55

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     20,     insert 'reducing' before 'the amount'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin

56

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     22,     insert 'reducing' before 'the amount'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin

57

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     23,     at end add—

'( )	reducing the quantity of waste arisings, including waste arisings from households, by 2010 from 2002 levels,

( )	providing every household with a separate collection for the recycling of dry recyclable waste, and

( )	providing every household with either a home composter or a separate collection of biodegradable waste.'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin

58

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     27,     after 'by', insert 'waste minimisation, reuse of waste products,'.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin

59

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     27,     after 'production', insert 'or'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty
Mr Bill Wiggin

4

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     28,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

18

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     32,     leave out subsection (5).

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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

5

Clause     18,     page     12,     line     40,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.

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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

6

Clause     19,     page     13,     line     28,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.

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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

7

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     16,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.

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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

15

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     19,     leave out 'three years' and insert 'one year'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

19

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     24,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

8

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     28,     after 'sorting', insert ', but not including incineration'.

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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

16

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     7,     at end insert 'for a maximum period of one year'.

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Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

17

Clause     27,     page     17,     leave out lines 42 to 44.

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Mr Michael Meacher

20

Clause     31,     page     20,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(4B)   Before exercising its power to include requirements about separation in directions under subsection (4)(a) above, a waste disposal authority shall consult the waste collection authorities within its area.

    (4C)   In exercising its power to include requirements about separation in directions under subsection (4)(a) above, a waste disposal authority shall have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State as to the exercise of that power.

    (4D)   A waste disposal authority which includes requirements about separation in directions given under subsection (4)(a) above shall notify the waste collection authorities to which the directions are given of its reasons for including the requirements.".'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

21

Clause     31,     page     20,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '( )   After section 52 there is inserted—

    "52A    Payments for delivering waste pre-separated

    (1)   A waste disposal authority in England which is not also a waste collection authority shall pay to a waste collection authority within its area such amounts as are needed to ensure that the collection authority is not financially worse off as a result of having to comply with any separation requirements.

    (2)   A waste disposal authority in England which is not also a waste collection authority may pay to a waste collection authority within its area—

(a)	which performs its duty under section 48(1) above by delivering waste in a state of separation, but

(b)	which is not subject to any separation requirements as respects the delivery of that waste,

       contributions of such amounts as the disposal authority may determine towards expenditure of the collection authority that is attributable to its delivering the waste in that state.

    (3)   The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about how amounts to be paid under subsection (1) above are to be determined.

    (4)   Regulations under subsection (3) above may include provision for amounts to be less than they would otherwise be (or to be nil) if conditions specified in the regulations are not satisfied.

    (5)   Any question arising under subsection (1) above shall, in default of agreement between the paying and receiving authorities, be determined by arbitration.

    (6)   A waste collection authority in England which is not also a waste disposal authority shall supply the waste disposal authority for its area with such information as the disposal authority may reasonably require—

(a)	for the purpose of determining amounts under this section, or

(b)	for the purpose of estimating any amounts that would fall to be determined under this section were the collection authority to be subject to particular separation requirements.

    (7)   In this section "separation requirements", in relation to a waste collection authority, means requirements about separation included in directions given to it under section 51(4)(a) above.".'.

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NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 1

Strategies for dealing with flytipping: England

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1)   The Secretary of State must have a strategy for—

(a)	reducing the amount of waste which is flytipped, and

(b)	extending the powers of local authorities and the Environment Agency to deal with flytipping.

    (2)   Before formulating policy for the purposes of subsection (1), the Secretary of State must—

(a)	consult the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales, the Department of the Environment, the Secretary of State for the Home Office, the Environment Agency and the Mayor of London,

(b)	consult such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of local government as it considers appropriate,

(c)	consult such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of industry as it considers appropriate, and

(d)	carry out such public consultation as it considers appropriate.

    (3)   The Secretary of State must set out in a statement any policy formulated for the purposes of subsection (1).

    (4)   The Secretary of State must, as soon as a statement is prepared for the purposes of subsection (3), send a copy of it to—

(a)	the Scottish Ministers,

(b)	the National Assembly for Wales, and

(c)	the Department of the Environment.'.

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Strategies for dealing with flytipping: Scotland

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1)   The Scottish Ministers must have a strategy for—

(a)	reducing the amount of waste which is flytipped, and

(b)	extending the powers of local government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to deal with flytipping.

    (2)   Before formulating policy for the purposes of subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must—

(a)	consult the Secretary of State, the National Assembly for Wales, the Department of the Environment and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency,

(b)	consult such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government as they consider appropriate,

(c)	consult such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of industry as they consider appropriate, and

(d)	carry out such public consultation as they consider appropriate.

    (3)   The Scottish Ministers must set out in a statement any policy formulated for the purposes of subsection (1).

    (4)   The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as a statement is prepared for the purposes of subsection (3), send a copy of it to—

(a)	the Secretary of State,

(b)	the National Assembly for Wales, and

(c)	the Department of the Environment.'.

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Strategies for dealing with flytipping: Wales

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1)   The National Assembly for Wales must have a strategy for—

(a)	reducing the amount of waste which is flytipped, and

(b)	extending the powers of local government and the Environment Agency to deal with flytipping.

    (2)   Before formulating policy for the purposes of subsection (1), the Assembly must—

(a)	consult the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Department of the Environment and the Environment Agency,

(b)	consult such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of local government as it considers appropriate,

(c)	consult such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry as it considers appropriate, and

(d)	carry out such public consultation as it considers appropriate.

    (3)   The Assembly must set out in a statement any policy formulated for the purposes of subsection (1).

    (4)   The Assembly must, as soon as a statement is prepared for the purposes of subsection (3), send a copy of it to—

(a)	the Secretary of State,

(b)	the Scottish Ministers, and

(c)	the Department of the Environment.'.

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Prepared 3 Apr 2003