Question follow-through · 41670
Incinerators: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an increase in waste incinerators on the UK's carbon emission reduction targets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an increase in waste incinerators on the UK's carbon emission reduction targets.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. Defra published the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note and an accompanying statement on 30 December 2024, which set out that government will only back new Energy from Waste proje...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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