§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to implement the EEC draft direction on minimum packaging and reusable liquid containers.
§ Mr. BaldryThe European Commission has not yet brought forward a formal proposal for a directive on packaging and packaging waste. Consideration as to how such a directive might be implemented is therefore premature. However, the Government are already discussing the issue of packaging waste with the packaging industry and others, in line with the policies set out in our White Paper on the environment "This Common Inheritance", Cm. 1200, September 1990.