Question follow-through · 61156
Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to (a) control and (b) report on the potential risk of toxic contamination from the use of (i) recycled Energy Recovery Facilities incine
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to (a) control and (b) report on the potential risk of toxic contamination from the use of (i) recycled Energy Recovery Facilities incine
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
As was the case when he was Secretary of State for Defra, the ash residue from energy recovery facilities is normally processed into incinerator The bottom ash aggregate (IBAA). IBAA can only be used under the terms of a regulatory position statement (RPS...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Cereals: Profits
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Horticulture
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
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