Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What progress his Department has made on meeting its target on household recycling.”
Tabled: 15 October 2018Answered: 18 October 2018
Asked by
Jeff Smith
Labour — Manchester Withington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Martin McCluskey)
Happy new year to you, Mr Speaker, and to other hon. Members. I am proud that the Labour Government have extended the warm home discount to an extra 2.7 million households, extending the total to around 6 million. The Conservatives opposed that change. It will make a vital difference to so many families this winter, including approximately an additional 220,000 households in the south-west. That is almost double the number of households supported year on year.