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In a UK context, the recycling sector is worth about £13 billion a year, compared with only about £5 billion for the waste management sector, and it supports about 140,000 jobs nationally.
I declare an interest: I put into my curriculum vitae that one of my interests is visiting ruins. Nowadays, I should add "visiting the Falkirk wheel", as we take all our visitors there, too.
Members will note that that is quite a large increase in the proposed fine compared with the original provision. However, the promoter argues that the figure sets a visible deterrent to fare dodging and that anybody who is subject to a penalty fine has only themselves to blame for attempting to avoid payment in the first instance.
Can you tell us how many times, on average, the deadlines at Westminster are missed and how that compares with the number of times that they are missed here?