Deposit Return for Drinks Containers
- Submitted by: Maurice Corry, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2017
- Motion reference: S5M-04283
- Current status: Achieved cross-party support
That the Parliament notes what it sees as the substantially increased interest in the issue of deposit return for drinks containers and the renewed campaigns to reduce litter in Scotland's seas, towns and countryside, including in the West Scotland region; welcomes the decision by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee to establish a subgroup to investigate this important issue; acknowledges the view that any such system would need to be well designed in order to best meet the needs of the public, SMEs and local authorities; notes the substantial and ongoing work on deposit return being conducted by the Scottish Government, and further notes the calls for it to make a prompt decision on this issue once the committee subgroup reports in summer 2017.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Claudia Beamish, Colin Beattie, Neil Bibby, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Finlay Carson, Peter Chapman, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Ruth Davidson, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Mairi Gougeon, Rhoda Grant, Iain Gray, Jamie Greene, Ross Greer, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Patrick Harvie, Alison Johnstone, James Kelly, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, John Lamont, Monica Lennon, Gordon Lindhurst, Richard Lochhead, Angus MacDonald, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Jenny Marra, Gillian Martin, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Ivan McKee, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Gil Paterson, Willie Rennie, Douglas Ross, Gail Ross, Alex Rowley, Mike Rumbles, Mark Ruskell, John Scott, Elaine Smith, Liz Smith, Colin Smyth, Stewart Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, David Stewart, Ross Thomson, Maree Todd, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle, Andy Wightman