Question follow-through · 5411
Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Equality, whether the socio-economic duty will apply to local authority decisions on the configuration of household waste
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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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
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Equality, whether the socio-economic duty will apply to local authority decisions on the configuration of household waste
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
Local authorities must comply with all relevant Equalities Act duties and in England this will include the socio-economic duty in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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