Question follow-through · 417
Environment Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the enforcement powers of the Environment Agency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Northern Ireland · 18 Jul 2024
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Wales · 18 Jul 2024
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Scotland · 18 Jul 2024
- Walley's Quarry Landfill · 19 Jul 2024
- Walley's Quarry Landfill · 19 Jul 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the enforcement powers of the Environment Agency.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Environment Agency publishes an annual Review of Activities Regulated by the Environment Agency setting out details of enforcement action taken. The most recent of these reports was published in March this year and sets out statistics demonstrating th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Northern Ireland
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Wales
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Scotland
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Walley's Quarry Landfill
19 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the correspondence received by his Department from Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council on the Walleys Quarry Landfill Site in each of the last five years.
Walley's Quarry Landfill
19 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the correspondence received by his Department from Staffordshire County Council on the Walleys Quarry Landfill Site in each of the last five years.
Walley's Quarry Landfill
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Walley's Quarry Landfill
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Walley's Quarry Landfill
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22 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of chemical regulations.
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