Schedule 5
Climate Change Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Joan Ruddock (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Lewisham, Deptford, Labour)
The right hon. Gentleman knows that all such matters are considered in other forms of legislation. We can do—we are doing—many things to try and move towards having a low-carbon economy. However, we need the specific legislation, because we are the only country in the EU15 that does not allow charges to be applied for waste collection.