HC Deb 21 January 2002 vol 378 cc607-8W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the EU funding that would be lost if the landfill tax credit scheme were to be redefined as public instead of private money. [15946]

Mr. Meacher

None. However, I understand that two studies are currently looking into this issue. One from Glasgow Caledonian University commissioned by ENTRUST, the LTCS regulator, and an Environmental Bodies Council (ebco) survey.

We have recently announced that we will be consulting later this year on possible changes to the existing scheme. We expect the issue of EU funding will be raised during this consultation.