§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what estimate she has made of the cost to(a) local authorities in London and (b) all other local authorities if the European End of Life Vehicle-Directive is implemented with the cost of (i) de-pollution, (ii) recycling and (iii) scrapping of the vehicle being placed on the last owner; [67552]
(2) what plans she has to fund the costs of removing abandoned vehicles by local authorities. [67553]
§ Mr. WilsonI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (Mr. Martlew) on 21 June 2002,Official Report, column 592W.