House of Lords Science and Technology Committee

Sub-Committee I

Waste Reduction

Oral Evidence

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13 May 2008: Ms Joan Ruddock MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Defra, Mr Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Science & Innovation, DIUS, Mr Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister of State for Energy, BERR.

6 May 2008: Ms Gilli Hobbs, Director of Resource Efficiency, Building Research Establishment; Mr Andrew Swain, United Kingdom Environmental Advisor, Aggregate Industries; and Mr Cal Bailey, Marketing and Sustainability Director, NG Bailey (representing the Specialist Engineers Contractors' Group); Mr Chris Sexton, Head of Engineering, Laing O'Rourke; Ms Lesley Seymour, Associate and Sustainable Development Consultant, Buro Happold (representing the Institution of Civil Engineers); Mr Rainer Zimmann, Associate Director, Arup.

1 April 2008: Mr Steve Franklin, Senior Manager, Environment Group, The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited; Mr Jerry Hardcastle, Vice-President, Vehicle Design and Development, Nissan Technical Centre Europe; and Mr Peter Stokes, Vehicle Compliance Manager, GS Product Technical Group Services, Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Limited and Chairman of the Consortium for Automotive Recycling (CARE).

18 March 2008: Professor Sue Grimes, Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Imperial College London; Dr Norman Swindells, Chairman, Sustainable Development Group, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining; Mr Malcolm Wilkinson, Chairman, Sustainability Subject Group, The Institution of Chemical Engineers; and Dr Andrew Craig; Principal Policy Officer, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee; Mr Peter Jones, Director, Biffa Waste Services Ltd; Mr Christopher Murphy, Deputy Chief Executive, The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management; Mr Martin Wheatley, Programme Director, Local Government Association.

11 March 2008: Ms Julie Hill (Associate, Green Alliance), Miss Hannah Hislop (Policy Officer, Green Alliance), Mr Andrew Lee (Director, Sustainable Development Commission), and Ms Sue Dibb, (Team Leader for Sustainable Consumption and Business, Sustainable Development Commission).

4 March 2008: Mr Stephen Carter, Packaging Sustainability Director, Unilever; Dr Forbes McDougall, Environmental Manager, Proctor and Gamble; Ms Jane Bickerstaffe, Director, Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN); Dr Robert Chilton, Board Member, National Consumer Council; and Mr Paul Ozanne, National Recycling Co-ordinater, Salvation Army; Mr Mike Barry, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Marks and Spencer; Mr Alan Wheeler, National Liaison Manager, Textile Recycling Association; and Mr Brian McCarthy, Technitex.

26 February 2008: Dr Peter Hedges, Head of Economy, Environment and Crime, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Dr John Whittall, Lead Technologist, Sustainable Technologies, Technology Strategy Board; Mr Arnold Black, Network Director, Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network; Mr Jeremy Tait, Programme Manager, Market Transformation Programme.

5 February 2008: Evidence was heard from Mrs Lesley Morris, Head of Skills, Design Council, Dr Frank O'Connor, Director, Ecodesign Centre Wales, Dr Tracy Bhamra, Reader in Sustainable Design & Research Co-ordinator, Department of Design & Technology, Loughborough University, and Ms Clare Brass, Founder, Social Environmental Enterprise and Design (SEED) Foundation; and Miss Holly McCain and Miss Lizzie Dutton, The RED Initiative, De Montfort University, Mr Mark Adams, Managing Director, Vitsoe, and Dr Jonathan Chapman, Senior Lecturer in 3D Design, University of Brighton.

29 January 2008: Evidence was heard from Mr Andrew Clack, Environmental Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor, Panasonic UK Ltd, Mr Peter Evans, Senior Manager Environment, Sony UK Ltd, Dr Kirstie McIntyre, Head of Takeback Compliance, Hewlett Packard and a member of the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group, and Professor Ab Stevels, Environmental Advisor, Philips Consumer Electronics.

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