To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2006, Official Report, column 212W, if he will place in the Library a copy of the findings of the recent consultancy work referred to. (113355)

The report requested is available via the DEFRA website at:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/batteries/pdf/erm-lcareport0610.pdf

As the document is of substantial length, in the interests of waste minimisation, I have not arranged for copies to be placed in the Libraries of the House.