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Written Question
Nappies: Waste Disposal
Friday 19th October 2018

Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds a copy of Contribution of Real Nappies for London to local authority waste prevention - 2012-2016 published by the Institution of Civil Engineers; and whether officials of his Department were represented at the presentation of an award to the authors of that paper by the Institution of Civil Engineers on 8 October 2018.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

Yes and no.

Written Question
Nappies: Waste Disposal
Thursday 18th October 2018

Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Real Nappies for London scheme; which London boroughs are participating in that scheme; what assessment his Department has made of the effect of that scheme on the reduction in tonnage of landfill waste and savings to local waste authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

The Government is aware of the Real Nappies for London scheme. We welcome initiatives which keep waste out of landfill but we have not carried out a specific assessment on the impact of Real Nappies for London on tonnages to landfill, or savings to local authorities. There is information about Real Nappies on the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s website and many local authorities choose to promote reusable nappies as part of their waste prevention activities.

Written Question
Nappies: Waste Disposal
Thursday 18th October 2018

Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage local authorities to reduce the tonnage of disposable nappies going to landfill; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

The Government is aware of the Real Nappies for London scheme. We welcome initiatives which keep waste out of landfill but we have not carried out a specific assessment on the impact of Real Nappies for London on tonnages to landfill, or savings to local authorities. There is information about Real Nappies on the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s website and many local authorities choose to promote reusable nappies as part of their waste prevention activities.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Mar 2018
Leaving the EU: Fisheries Management

"Given the assurances that I and others were given over the past year right from the Prime Minister down that we would leave the common fisheries policy at the end of March 2019, who was actually negotiating this and did they really care about fishing? I would like the Secretary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Dec 2017
UK Fishing Industry

"Will the hon. Lady reaffirm that, on the day we leave the EU, there will be no more negotiations and no more trading off, and that we will be out of the common fisheries policy so that we can decide for ourselves how we co-operate with other countries over our …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Feb 2017
Future Flood Prevention

"The report states that firefighters provide a vital “first-line service” to flooded areas. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Government should go further towards making that a statutory duty? That has been asked for throughout the past 12 years, as my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2013
Upland Sheep Farmers

"Is the Minister considering the issue of derogation, which was mentioned by the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies), and should the Prime Minister not be addressing this in his review of the European Union? Should not we in this country be able to make a decision at a local …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What recent progress has been made on implementation of the recommendations of the Pitt review...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State for that answer. She will be aware of the consistently excellent work of firefighters in dealing with floods—indeed, I am sure she has praised it. The Pitt report was clear that to deal with the problems of training, equipment and resources, there would be …..."
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