§ 19. Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote the wider use of sustainable and recycled materials in the construction industry. [152884]
§ Alun MichaelThe Government established a Sustainable Buildings Task Group in order to identify ways to improve the sustainability of our building stock. It is due to report to Ministers in the spring.
Steps already taken range from economic instruments, such as the Landfill tax and the Aggregates Levy which encourage the recycling of waste, to the Waste and Resources Action Programme, to increase the use of secondary and recycled aggregate in the construction industry.