§ 13. Mr. BaronTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of whether the UK will meet its recycling targets for 2005. [139842]
§ Mr. MorleyNational targets for England are to recycle and compost 17 per cent. of household waste in 2003–04 and 25 per cent. in 2005–06. Our current 1191W assessment of local authority performance is that we expect to meet the 2003–04 target and that, although challenging, the 2005–06 target is achievable.