§ Clive EffordTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to charge individual households for waste collection; and if she will make a statement. [72223]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Performance and Innovation Unit, now the Strategy Unit, are conducting a wide ranging review of waste strategy which is due to report in the autumn. Variable household charging is an issue which falls within the scope of that work and PIU have invited views on the issue on its website. DEFRA Ministers and the Government as a whole are keen for the review to consider all the possible options for delivering Government objectives on waste.