How it expects demand for primary aggregates to change in the next five years and what factors it expects to account for any change in the …

Answered Asked by Fergus Ewing SNP Lodged 4 Jul 2001

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects demand for primary aggregates to change in the next five years and what factors it expects to account for any change in the level of demand.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 Aug 2001 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

Demand for aggregates will continue to be a matter for market forces. A number of initiatives are in place to increase the use of recycled aggregates which are intended to impact on the use of primary aggregates by the construction industry, particularly fiscal measures such as the Landfill Tax and the forthcoming Aggregates Levy.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-16795 by reference.