No, and I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for agreeing with me on the matter. Certainly it is not possible to have fibre-optic cable to a cabinet within yards of every home in dispersed rural areas, so we need to ensure that we have an investment profile that allows the use of satellite broadband in certain circumstances. We are learning lessons from the Cornish example, and we have had the benefit of European convergence funding to take the matter forward.
I wish to touch briefly on three more matters—waste, green growth and sustainable development. The Government have rightly put in place a waste review. It is an iterative process that is progressing—perhaps too slowly, but it is certainly progressing. It provides a framework for those who want to engage in the process, as I encourage Members of all parties to do, to make constructive proposals to enhance the Government's intention to achieve a zero-waste economy. That means sending zero to landfill.
Environmental Protection and Green Growth
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew George
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 October 2011.
It occurred during Opposition day on Environmental Protection and Green Growth.
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