Opposition Day — Jobs — Recycling — Infrastructure Investment — 26 Oct 2011 at 18:51

The majority of MPs voted against creating jobs, investing in infrastructure and raising the UK's recycling target to 70%.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

• That this House
• believes that the UK risks being left behind in its attempts to attract global investment in environmental technologies;
• agrees with the British Retail Consortium that the recent Waste Review is a disappointment;
• further agrees with the Nature Check report by 29 environmental charities that the Government has failed to deliver its environmental goals;
• condemns the Government’s 27 per cent. cut in flood defence investment from £354 million to £259 million a year;
• calls on the Government to adopt Labour’s five point plan for jobs and growth and bring forward spending on rural infrastructure projects for flood defences and rural broadband;
• further calls on the Government to raise the UK recycling target to 70 per cent. by 2025 to create an additional 50,000 jobs; and
• believes the Government should ensure mandatory carbon emissions reporting for all large UK companies to kick-start green jobs and growth.

The five point plan^[1] referred to has been described as:

• 1. 100,000 jobs for young people
• 2. Bring forward investment projects like new school buildings
• 3. Temporarily reverse the VAT rise – a £450 boost for families with children
• 4. Cut VAT on home improvements to 5% for a year
• 5. A tax break for every small firm which takes on extra workers

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• [1] John Robertson MP, November 2011

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