§ Richard OttawayTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 5 July 2004,Official Report, column 443W, on refrigerator recycling, why the deadline for the publication of the Environment Agency's report auditing the refrigerator recycling scheme has been missed; and when she expects the report to be published. [188750]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Environment Agency expects to publish the report shortly. An early draft of the report has been shared with the operators of the facilities concerned and meetings with these operators took place in August. A final draft of the audit report has been prepared and is being checked to ensure, amongst other things, that it will not compromise any further enforcement action that the Agency may wish to take.