Debates between Rebecca Pow and Vicky Ford during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Mon 28th Oct 2019
Environment Bill
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Environment Bill

Debate between Rebecca Pow and Vicky Ford
2nd reading: House of Commons & Money resolution: House of Commons & Ways and Means resolution: House of Commons
Monday 28th October 2019

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rebecca Pow Portrait Rebecca Pow
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I will very quickly give way to my hon. Friend.

Vicky Ford Portrait Vicky Ford
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I thank my hon. Friend for giving way on the really important issue of plastics recycling. Does she agree that one of the benefits of the producer tax will be to force manufacturers to put more recycled plastic content into plastic products? That will mean less use of virgin plastics and therefore less use of fossil fuels.

Rebecca Pow Portrait Rebecca Pow
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That is absolutely right. There are many measures to encourage the use of more recycled plastic in products. Ultimately, we will get into the producer-responsibility circular economy, in which less plastic is actually made in the first place.

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