§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will make it his policy to make representations to the Council of Ministers in order to allow EC member states to ban unilaterally waste imports and exports;
(2) what action is currently undertaken by his Department to ensure that all transfers of hazardous waste from the United Kingdom for recycling in non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Countries;
(3) if he will make representations to the Council of Ministers to secure that any ban on waste exports from the EC includes OECD green list wastes;
(4) if he will make it his policy to support measures to ban hazardous waste trafficking with developing countries;
(5) if he will make representations in the OECD to oppose the introduction of red, amber and green lists to cover transfers of hazardous wastes to non-OECD countries.
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§ Mr. MacleanI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms. Walley) on 27 October,Official Report, column 534, with the addition of the following.
Under the regulation, before any green list waste for recovery is exported outside the OECD, the country of destination will be asked to state whether it will accept shipments without going through the amber, red or Basel control procedures. Where the country of destination regards a green list waste as hazardous, shipments of that waste will he subject to the appropriate control regime.