The
Chairman: Order. I think all three political parties have
had equal time out of order, so may we get back to the
directive?
Mr.
Bradshaw: Yes, Mr. Wilshire.
I am talking about the targets that are being set under the directive.
Those targets are delivered by local authorities—many are, as
the hon. Gentleman rightly said, Conservative local
authorities—that are subject to completely unwarranted criticism
from his hon. Friend the Member for Meriden. I am delighted that we now
have a Conservative Front-Bench spokesman who will stand up for the
efforts that local authorities are making to increase their recycling
rates. It is about time that we had that level of balance in
Conservative policy.
Gregory
Barker: I think the Minister has slightly taken leave of
his senses. I do not know of any occasion when my hon.
Friend—
The
Chairman: Order. I hoped that my first intervention would
do the trick, but this time I formally ask hon. Members to keep to the
business.
Mr.
Bradshaw: I shall happily draw the hon. Gentleman’s
attention to the pile of cuttings on my desk about such criticisms.
There is nothing more to add, except that I am delighted by the level
of consensus in support of the
motion. Question
put and agreed
to. Resolved, That
the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 5047/06 and
Addenda 1 + 2, Commission Communication; Taking sustainable use of
resources forward: A Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling
of waste, and No. 5050/06, Draft Directive on waste: and agrees with
the Government’s proposed negotiating position relating to the
revision of the Waste Framework
Directive. Committee
rose at eight minutes to Six
o’clock.
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