Clause 26 - Penalties under Chapter 1: general
Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
The issue is the nature of the relationships within local authorities. The Minister is right to say that it is important that the disposal authority has the power under clause 31 to require the collection authority to deliver the waste in a proper way. I would not argue for symmetry. I did not use the word symmetry; I used the word balance. The hon. Member for Lewes used the word symmetry. They are quite different words. Reciprocity is certainly different from symmetry. The question relating to balance is, if a collection authority is doing its job well, in the way that my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle implied, what about the recalcitrant disposal authority that then frustrates that good work by not handling the waste in an appropriate manner? What power does the collection authority have?