§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he proposes to take any further steps or give advice to local authorities on contracting out waste disposal to private enterprise.
§ Mr. Giles ShawWe shall be looking at the whole issue after we have had an opportunity to consider the results of the study referred to in the reply given by my right hon. Friend on 8 July to my hon. Friends the Members for Welwyn and Hatfield (Mr. Murphy) and Bournemouth East (Mr. Atkinson). However, collection and disposal of industrial waste, as opposed to that from commercial and domestic sources is already undertaken largely by the private sector.