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Tim Loughton

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Business of the House
Thursday 17th March 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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We have been misadvised. Never mind.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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It is always nice to be wanted.

Tim Loughton Portrait Tim Loughton
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Is my hon. Friend aware of the problems that some of these EU quotas cause local authorities such as Adur and Worthing in my constituency? The quotas are based on weight, and if the county council, which is the lead authority, collects more through municipal recycling sites, other local authorities have less to collect, so they cannot meet their targets and are penalised.

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There certainly are issues there, and I am very happy to look at this specific one. However, we should say that most councils still have some way to go, so I pay tribute to South Oxfordshire, for example, which has hit a 67% recycling rate, when the national average is about 44%.

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