Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

“What steps he is taking to reduce the volume of plastic waste sent abroad for recycling.”

Tabled: 15 October 2018Answered: 18 October 2018

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)

Tackling fuel poverty is a priority for this Government. We will publish a new fuel poverty strategy for England to ensure that many more fuel-poor households are protected by 2030, at the same time as publishing the warm homes plan. We have also expanded the warm home discount to nearly 6 million households, adding approximately 2.7 million additional households to the scheme.