§ Mr. DafisTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 9 November 1992,Official Report, column 587, if he will indicate (a) the type of waste sent to each country, (b) the ports utilised to transfer the waste, (c) the original producer of the waste within the United Kingdom, (d) the responsible authorities for each producer of waste and port of exit for waste exports and (e) the companies receiving the waste after its export.
§ Mr. EggarIt is not possible to answer the question without disproportionate cost. However, a certain amount of the information is available in the public domain, and may be obtained from HM Customs and Excise through their appointed marketing agents. Broad statistics on exports of waste products are contained in Business Monitor (MM20)—"Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom", a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.