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P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
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Meeting: 09/06/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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4 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 4 PDF 43 KB View as HTML (4/1) 7 KB
- 02.03.20 Correspondence - Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to Chair, item 4 PDF 237 KB
- 18.03.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 4 PDF 292 KB View as HTML (4/3) 3 KB
Minutes:
The Committee
considered further correspondence and agreed to write back to the Welsh
Government to:
· ask for an overview of all of the actions that they are taking to tackle plastic pollution including polystyrene cups and food containers; and
· ask that the ban be extended to include single use polystyrene.
Meeting: 21/01/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 40 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 16.07.19 Welsh Government Written Statement - Plastic waste, item 3 PDF 151 KB View as HTML (3/2) 19 KB
- 11.01.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3 PDF 167 KB View as HTML (3/3) 8 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to write to the Minister for Finance to request an update on the input of the Welsh Government into UK Government work to implement taxation on plastic packaging, and specific taxation options currently being considered for Wales.
Meeting: 02/04/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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4 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 4 PDF 40 KB View as HTML (4/1) 7 KB
- 18.03.19 Written Statement from Deputy Minister for Housing & Local Government, item 4 PDF 150 KB View as HTML (4/2) 17 KB
Minutes:
Meeting: 09/01/2019 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 PTN2 - Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee - Petition P-05-803 - 11 December 2018
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 27/11/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 40 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 6.11.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Chair, item 3 PDF 80 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and
agreed to:
·
share
details of the petition with the Finance Committee;
- keep a watching brief on the development
of proposals for taxes in this area, including the UK Government’s
forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy; and
- return to this and other petitions under
consideration relating to single use plastics once the Committee has
further information about actions being taken on this subject.
Meeting: 25/09/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
- Webcast for 25/09/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 25/09/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
3 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 40 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 07.07.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Chair, item 3 PDF 68 KB
- 17.09.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 24 KB View as HTML (3/3) 4 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and
comments from the petitioner, and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for
Finance to request an update on
UK-wide discussions about the development of a potential tax on single-use
plastics when appropriate.
Meeting: 15/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it's time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 40 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 30.04.18 Chair of Climate Change, Rural Affairs and Environment Committee to the Chair, item 3 PDF 157 KB
- 08.05.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 360 KB View as HTML (3/3) 5 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered this petition together with P-05-803 Our natural world is
being poisoned by single use plastics...it's time to introduce a tax! and
agreed to write to;
- The
Minister for Environment to ask for:
- further details about the discussions
she intends to hold with other governments within the UK on the
possibility of a UK-wide Deposit Return System and plastics tax;
- her
views on the other point raised in the petition about legislating to
ensure that all single-use food and drink containers and utensils are
fully compostable; and
- The
Cabinet Secretary for Finance to seek an update on the development of a
potential tax on single-use plastics.
Meeting: 13/03/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
- Webcast for 13/03/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 13/03/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
2 P-05-803 Our natural world is being poisoned by single use plastics...it’s time to introduce a tax!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 40 KB View as HTML (2/1) 7 KB
- Research brief, item 2 PDF 93 KB View as HTML (2/2) 62 KB
- 13.02.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Chair, item 2 PDF 52 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to consider the
petition further following the evidence session on P-05-750
For single use items: introduce a Deposit Return System for drink containers
and make fast food containers and utensils compostable, with a view to considering
both petitions together in future.