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"Mr President, I welcome this report as a very important first step in what is going to be a very important debate. The rapporteur has worked very hard to bring us together on this issue and I would commend the work he has done to the House. He really has tried very hard to get us to the situation where this House will give a great deal of support to his ideas tomorrow.
We all know that there is widespread concern about PVC within our society. We have, however, to bear in mind that it is a cheap plastic made from salt and natural gas. Where there have been problems they have been where it has been pressed into service for uses for where it is not best suited, e.g. packaging or children's toys. Where it is best used, where its natural properties are best used and need not be modified, e.g. in construction products and in specialist products like blood bags, it is an extremely useful, very important plastic and very difficult to replace.
We do, however, have a problem in terms of its disposal where harm to the environment can be caused by inappropriate disposal and we need to take sensible action with regard to that. Much of the Sacconi report I entirely endorse. I support the phase out of dangerous and unnecessary additives. I believe the voluntary recycling commitments must be reinforced and turned into legally binding agreements. But I believe that the proper route for disposal is incineration in a high temperature incinerator. Suggestions that it should go into a landfill are a serious mistake and a very bad error and I am very glad that Ms McKenna, speaking on behalf of the Green Group earlier tonight, agreed with me about that.
This is the beginning of a very long debate before we reach the stage of legislation. It must be a wide-ranging and broad-based debate. It must reach conclusions that are satisfactory to the public, because of the concerns they have expressed, but also to the industrial needs of society. I welcome Mr Sacconi's report as the first step in the right direction."@en1
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