A number of trade bodies representing
smaller retailers oppose the exemption for companies with fewer than 250
employees, the EAC's report on the charge found.The National Federation of
Retail Newsagents, the Association of Convenience Stores and British Retail
Consortium said the exemption would distort competition and cause confusion, and
their members wanted to participate.Small retailers should be included,Team of
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than 10 employees should have reduced reporting requirements - as is the case in
the Welsh scheme, the EAC's report said.Paper bags can have greater carbon
emissions than plastic carrier bags and leaving them out of the scheme
undermines the "re-use" message and environmental benefits of cutting single use
bags, the MPs said. They should be included along with plastic bags, while the
government should also take steps to set a minimum price for bags for life that
encourages their re-use, the report urged.Leaving biodegradable bags out of the
scheme could increase their use, potentially contaminating plastics recycling.
And they could still harm the environment by causing litter and damage to
wildlife before they decay, the report warns.The money raised through the charge
will not be collected by the government but businesses will be "encouraged" to
give it to charity.
The report welcomes the proposal that the money
should go to charity, but it also urged the government to spend the VAT raised
on the charge – equal to almost 1p out of every 5p – on new environmental
projects and monitoring the scheme.Small shopkeepers have called on the
government to include them in plans to introduce a mandatory 5p charge on
plastic carrier bags next year.The plea came as an influential committee of MPs
criticised the scheme, which would apply to shopping bags handed out by English
retailers, but exempts stores with fewer than 250 employees as well as paper and
biodegradable bags.MPs said in its current form the charging scheme would be
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MPs on the environmental audit committee. They also said there should be a
minimum charge for sturdier 'bags for life' to encourge their reuse.Most of the
proceeds of the 5p charge will go to charitable causes selected by retailers,
but, under current proposals the government would collect just under 1p in VAT
for every bag. The environmental audit committee said the 19m in VAT raised
should go towards environmental schemes or cover the cost of monitoring the
scheme, to maintain public support.