Unsustainable Packaging

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, which I am about to amplify. He is absolutely right that w...

I am pleased that in my local authority of Lewisham, recycling rates have rapidly increased in re...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, which I will come on to and which I suspect will be brou...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on introducing the debate. He is of about the same vintage as I...

We are already diverting into a range of issues, and I will mention some examples. The hon. Gentl...

The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about the packaging surrounding the goods we buy,...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, who makes a powerful point; I will touch on it a little later, bu...

I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the University of Sheffield students’ union Zero Waste Shop...

True to form, my hon. Friend raises the more profound points of the debate. Those are exactly the...

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Or perhaps others might help me in that.

I am stimulated to get to my feet by my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfi...

Once again, my hon. Friend introduces the gravity that I would expect of him, and he makes seriou...

He is a generous Minister.

Perhaps, and perhaps I have some sympathy with the Government’s current travails. However, it is ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the general public need to have a good look at how they percei...

I am grateful for the intervention, but I think it leads us into a slightly broader discussion ab...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I thank the hon. Member for Cambri...

Some time ago, I had lunch with Eddie Stobart—I may have got this figure slightly wrong, because ...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. The House could of course lead by having bottled tap ...

On the recycling of bottles, I took the APPG to the Veolia recycling plant in Dagenham. A problem...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We can recycle plastics, but if we recycle a mix of diffe...

Order. As a farmer, the hon. Gentleman should know that when you are in a hole, it is best to sto...

Yes, I will carry on with my speech, Sir George; I apologise. On compostable plastic, we need to ...

We have all become used to seeing huge bales of hay in fields covered in plastic shrink wrap. Doe...

If my hon. Friend could guarantee the weather, so that we did not have to wrap the silage because...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I thank the hon. Member for Cambri...

The hon. Gentleman mentions that people are moving towards the use of milk bottles as opposed to ...

Yes, exactly; that is a good thing. Many if not all in this Chamber will remember the wee phrase ...

I used to deliver them.

Yes, it is a good step forward. It is a small step, but a step in the right direction.

The ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George, and to participate in this timely ...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir George.

The hon. Member for Cambr...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George.

I thank my hon. Friend the M...

Thinking about my Appspond Lane heap of wood, does the hon. Gentleman agree that there has to be ...

The hon. Lady is exactly right. That is clearly an important part of the entire recycling cycle.<...

I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner)—he represents a city that leads the world...

I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to this interesting and useful debate, which has be...

Let me take the slightly unusual step of saying from the Chair that this subject, which is hugely...