Question follow-through · 11731
Domestic Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage reductions in household waste.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage reductions in household waste.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to creating a roadmap to a circular economy – a future where we keep our resources in use for longer; waste is reduced; we accelerate the path to net zero; we see investment in critical infrastructure and green jobs; our econom...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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