Waste (Landfill Sites)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 27 Mawrth 1991.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Tony Baldry Tony Baldry Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) 12:00, 27 Mawrth 1991

We do have a national strategy for waste. It is set out in the Environmental Protection Act. But of course the final decision on the most appropriate facility for any area must lie with the waste disposal authority. I am sure that the hon. Lady would be the first to carp if we in Whitehall sought to take decisions that she thought would be far more appropriately taken by local authorities.