Waste Incineration: Regulation
Debate between John Grogan and Andrew Murrison(5 years, 8 months ago)
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John Grogan
I am quite shocked by that application, but it mirrors an application in the centre of Keighley, to which I will refer in my closing remarks.
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con)
I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene in this brilliant debate. I agree with his propositions, particularly on the waste hierarchy and the likelihood that incinerators will reduce both the amount that we recycle and our attempts to reduce waste in the first place. Does he agree that there is a risk, through so-called gasification, that we may have incineration by another means, and that it is absolutely right that applications should be considered—if they are to be considered at all—only if they are away from centres of population, on the precautionary principle?
John Grogan
I agree absolutely with the hon. Gentleman on the precautionary principle. However one defines incineration, it is true that the more of it there is in a local authority, the less recycling there is.