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5th Jun 2014, 11:35 AM #1
The Queen - and her speech
In the Queen's Speech the government has announced its legislative agenda for the year ahead. There are 11 bills to be presented to Parliament over the next year and three that have been published in draft form.
I could repeat what's been plastered across the media, but perhaps a link will do: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27693435
What I did find intriguing is the 5p tax on plastic bags http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...ns-Speech.html . In Wales, apparently the same tax has reduced carrier bags given out by 75%.
But I reuse my plastic bags (and they fit neatly in my jeans pockets); I don't know what I'll be doing when this law comes in.
Is there anything in the queen's speech that you are looking forward to - or wonder why they are implementing it?Assume you're going to Win
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5th Jun 2014, 12:32 PM #2
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5th Jun 2014, 1:44 PM #3
Does this mean I'll have to pay for bin bags now? Gasp!
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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5th Jun 2014, 3:39 PM #4
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I've been paying for bin bags for years since the council stopped giving them to every household - now we have to track down shops that sell them. Recycling bags are free, but you have to be able to get to a council office or library that stocks them and collect them yourself. Heigh-ho...
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5th Jun 2014, 3:42 PM #5
We've never been given sacks for our wheelie bin. We've always had to buy them, which we do to stop the bin from smelling. And we have to buy recycling bags for our food bin.
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5th Jun 2014, 7:00 PM #6
Have we gone into the Twilight Land?
Or are people generally confused between plastic carrier bags and plastic bags for the bin?
Whilst you can use plastic carrier bags in a bin (as I think Si was referring to), it's generally a small bin .
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6th Jun 2014, 3:24 PM #7
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10th Jun 2014, 10:43 AM #8
It's not a tax though, is it? It's a fee. I don't think it's a coincidence this was announced the same day that Tescos posted their worst results in years. This will bring in extra revenue for them, as I see it. It'll make bugger all difference to the planet in the grand scheme of things, and simply leave a bit more room in landfill for the rest of the plastic packaging you get on all the products you buy in the supermarket every time you visit.
As for the rest of the speech.....
Subject to the outcome of a consultation, developers will be able to run shale gas pipelines under people's land without their permission.“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” - Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
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