Question follow-through · 8439
Incinerators
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waste incineration capacity over the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years assuming all statutory environmental targets are met.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waste incineration capacity over the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years assuming all statutory environmental targets are met.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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17 Oct 2024
Answer published
Our current use of resources has been set on a trajectory that is economically, environmentally and socially unsustainable. This Government will be creating a roadmap to correct course towards a circular economy, supporting sustainable economic growth by ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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