Waste Crime

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster Excerpts

Thursday 20th October 2022 Commons Chamber

[Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]

I thank the right hon. Member, who is very experienced in this field and has been campaigning on this, quite rightly, for a long time. We have made some fairly stringent recommendations in this report, with some fairly tight timetables for what the Government have to do by when. I can assure him that if we do not see satisfactory progress, we will call DEFRA back to examine why our recommendations have not been properly implemented. As he knows, it is part of the PAC system that we have the ability to call witnesses back and find out why they have not responded to our recommendations. As he also knows, as I said it at the beginning of my statement, it has 42 days in which to respond. If we do not like the responses, we can follow that up in writing or, again, call back witnesses.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)]

I thank Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown for presenting the Select Committee statement.

Bill Presented

Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)

Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, supported by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Secretary Simon Clarke, Mr Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg and Secretary Chloe Smith, presented a Bill to make provision about minimum service levels in connection with the taking by trade unions of strike action relating to transport services.

Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 168) with explanatory notes (Bill 168-EN).