§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make urgent inquiries of the contractor responsible for the removal of House of Commons rubbish as to why quantities of large paper bags, filled with potentially recyclable waste paper, have been removed in bags labelled for burning only; if he will take steps to stop this practice immediately; if he will make available bags labelled recyclable waste paper; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChopeWaste paper from the Palace of Westminster is collected free of charge as "salvage" and the contractor sends it for recycling. The labels on the paper sacks therefore have no significance in practice. It would be wasteful, however, not to use the outstanding supplies of these sacks before changing over to new sacks which will be marked "Recyclable Waste Paper".