Hi,
Apologies for being pernickety and at the risk of stating the
obvious, the whole premise of Part IIA was polluter pays and home
owners just get left holding the proverbial baby when all else fails. I
would suggest / hope that Parliament did not realise quite how often
home owners would end up paying for others’ failings.
nick
Nick
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Sent: 26
February 2014 10:08
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Subject: Re: UK government pledges £255K for Blanefield land clean-up
The scottish government announced it would fund the remaining £300k of
the remediation.
http://news.stv.tv/stirling-central/265419-cash-pledge-to-clear-contaminated-land-in-blanefield-estate/
Mr Swinney [MSP for Perthshire North and is currently Cabinet
Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth in the
Scottish Government] said:
"It is inexcusable that residents affected
by the contaminated land have not only had to worry about the risks to
their health, but they have had to live in fear of being held
financially responsible for the cost of the removal of the waste.
"That's why we have now pledged up to £300,000 to help residents meet
the costs of cleaning up this contaminated land."
He added: "Landfill
tax and the decision to exempt disposals of contamination is currently
a matter for Westminster.
"If the UK Government waived the tax costs
associated with the clean-up when the lead and arsenic was first
discovered, residents would not have had such an ordeal.
"The Scottish
Government is already taking steps to ensure that once landfill tax is
transferred to Scotland other residents cannot find themselves in this
situation.
"I now hope our contribution means the hazardous waste can
be removed in a timely fashion, and people in Blanefield can get on
with their lives."
I find the first sentence a bit worrysome (coming
from a senior govenment figure) as it appears to say the principle of
P2A is "Inexcuisable" . Is this not the whole premise of PartIIA?
through the EPA? (though I might be taking it out of context if he is
only talking about the landfill tax element)
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