Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill — New Clause 15 — Waste Minimisation — 21 Feb 2005 at 18:45

Gillian Merron MP, Lincoln voted with the majority (Teller for the Noes).

The no voters chose not to include the following clause in the Gating Orders Bill. The clause would have called for more effort to be put into waste (garbage) minimisation.

'(1) The Secretary of State shall consult waste collection and waste disposal authorities on the introduction of statutory targets for the minimisation of municipal waste.

(2) The Secretary of State shall consult representatives of industry on the potential for minimisation of waste of—

(a) statutory waste minimisation targets;

(b) statutory requirements for substitution of materials that are hazardous, difficult to recover, or difficult to recycle; and

(c) market incentives to promote the redesigning of products to extend their useful life and limit unrecoverable waste.'.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 000.0%
DUP0 1014.3%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab246 (+2 tell) 0060.8%
LDem0 22 (+2 tell)043.6%
UUP0 1020.0%
Total:246 25043.0%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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