The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Galbraith
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to establish a national waste strategy for Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [9207]
Mr. Kynoch
The Environmental Protection Act 1990, as amended by the Environment Act 1995, provides for the preparation of a national waste strategy for Scotland. It places a duty on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to prepare a strategy as soon as possible. The agency will become operational on 1 April 1996.