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  Opposition Day - Jobs - Recycling - Infrastructure Investment
  
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  @ MP voted aye to create jobs, invest in infrastructure and raise the UK's recycling target to 70%.
  @ MP voted no against creating jobs, investing in infrastructure and raising the UK's recycling target to 70%.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against creating jobs, investing in infrastructure and raising the UK's recycling target to 70%.
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''believes'' that the UK risks being left behind in its attempts to attract global investment in environmental technologies;
  :''agrees'' with the British Retail Consortium that the recent Waste Review is a disappointment;
  :''further agrees'' with the Nature Check report by 29 environmental charities that the Government has failed to deliver its environmental goals;
  :''condemns'' the Governmentâs 27 per cent. cut in flood defence investment from Â£354 million to Â£259 million a year;
  :''calls on the Government'' to adopt Labourâs five point plan for jobs and growth and bring forward spending on rural infrastructure projects for flood defences and rural broadband;
  :''further calls'' on the Government to raise the UK recycling target to 70 per cent. by 2025 to create an additional 50,000 jobs; and
  :''believes'' the Government should ensure mandatory carbon emissions reporting for all large UK companies to kick-start green jobs and growth.
  
  
  The five point plan[1] referred to has been described as:
  
  * 1. 100,000 jobs for young people
  * 2. Bring forward investment projects like new school buildings
  * 3. Temporarily reverse the VAT rise â a Â£450 boost for families with children
  * 4. Cut VAT on home improvements to 5% for a year
  * 5. A tax break for every small firm which takes on extra workers
  
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  * [1] [http://www.john-robertson.co.uk/2011/11/labourâs-five-point-plan-for-jobs-and-growth/ John Robertson MP,  November 2011]
  
  
  
  
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