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Renewable Content Obligation Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23)
Sponsor:
Dr Alan Whitehead

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as Introduced | PDF version, 99KB 06.05.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 25 February. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Dr Alan Whitehead.

Summary of the Bill

The Bill would allow the Government to specify that certain products must contain minimum levels of recycled material when put on sale in the UK. Its aim would be to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by creating more demand for recycled material.

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