§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if the Government will make use of the provision in Article 5 of the EU directive on the landfill of waste of April 1999 allowing the postponement of the attainment of the targets set out in that Article for the diversion of waste from landfill. [156821]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Government announced in Waste Strategy 2000, published in May 2000, that they proposed to make use of the full four-year derogations allowed under Article 5 of the EU Directive on the landfill of waste.