§ 57. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he has considered the results of the research by the Glass Manufacturers Federation into the use of one-way glass containers, and 207W their effect on litter in the countryside and as a fire hazard to heath and forest, details of which have been sent to him; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonYes. While I agree that the problem of litter is a serious one, I am not sure that it would be right to urge manufacturers to charge a deposit on containers in order to discourage people from littering the countryside with them. I prefer the approach of the anti-litter campaign now being conducted.
Regarding fire hazards, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to a similar Question from the hon. Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, West (Mr. Bob Brown) on 21st June, 1967.—[Vol. 748, c. 271–2.]