§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what the total volume of waste produced by the House was in each year since 1995, broken down into(a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) aluminium and (d) other; what proportion of waste from the House was (i) recycled, (ii) composted and (iii) re-used; and what plans she has to increase these proportions. [65618]
§ Mrs. RoeThe annual quantities of domestic waste removed from the parliamentary estate were as follows:
Total waste1(tonnes) Recycled Recovered(percentage) 1995–96 — 684 tonnes — 1996–97 — 777 tonnes — 1997–98 — 818 tonnes — 1998–99 — 874 tonnes — 1999–2000 1,333 30% 100 2000–01 1,493 30% 100 2001–02 1,274 32% 100 1 The total amount of waste was not recorded until financial year 1999–2000.
325WUnder the contract which has operated since 1999–2000, paper, glass and cooking oil are separated for recycling. Other waste is incinerated to generate electricity; metals are extracted from the ash, which itself is used for road construction.
The House Administration has set the following targets for the financial year 2002–03:
Percentage of total waste All recycling 37 Paper and cardboard recycling 26 All recovery 100 For April 2002, the most recent month for which full information is available, the figures were:
Tonnes Percentage of total waste Paper and cardboard recycling 19.9 22 Glass recycling 10.4 11 Oil recycling 0.6 0.7 All recycling 30.9 34 All recovery 91.4 100
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Chairman of the Committee of Selection, if he will take steps to provide for those hon. Members who request it notification by e-mail of their nomination to serve on standing committees. [69762]
§ Mr. McWilliamThe Committee of Selection recently agreed to establish on a trial basis arrangements for notifying hon. Members by e-mail of the meetings of forthcoming Standing and Select Committees to which they have been appointed. The trial encompasses the First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, European Standing Committee A and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee and its Sub-Committees. The purposes of the trial are to test the effectiveness, and acceptability to hon. Members, of using e-mail to notify them of Committee meetings and to assess the technical and resource implications of wider e-mail use. Recipients of e-mail notification messages have continued to receive notification cards, as before. I will invite the Committee of Selection to discuss the outcome of the trial and decide how to proceed early in the new session.
In addition, hon. Members can already receive e-mail notification of meetings of Standing Committees to which they have been appointed, on request to the Clerk of the Committee of Selection.