Question follow-through · 74991
Landfill: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, , what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle safety risks associated with landfill sites.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Countryside Alliance · 15 Sept 2025
- Ulster Farmers Union · 15 Sept 2025
- National Farmers Union · 15 Sept 2025
- Devolution · 15 Sept 2025
- Pest Control · 10 Oct 2025
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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
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, , what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle safety risks associated with landfill sites.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
It is important that waste is managed safely in a way which does not pose risks to people or the environment. Operators of landfill sites in England are required by the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016 to hold an environment...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Countryside Alliance
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet the leadership of the Countryside Alliance.
Ulster Farmers Union
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet the (a) President and (b) Vice President of the Ulster Farmers' Union.
National Farmers Union
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet the leadership of the National Farmers' Union.
Devolution
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations since her appointment.
Pest Control
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the British Pest Control Association on its document entitled A manifesto for public health pest management, published in June 2024.
Tenant Farmers Association
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what engagement she has had with the Tenant Farmers Association since her appointment.
Environment Agency
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Environment Agency’s enforcement and sanctions policy, updated 2 October 2025; and whether she has discussed this document with the Environment Agen
Rural Payments Agency: Standards
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of services provided to farmers by the Rural Payments Agency and (b) effectiveness of the work of that agency since 5 September 2025.
Agriculture: Subsidies
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the her Department's support for farmers and (b) effectiveness of the work of the Rural Payments Agency since 5 September 2025.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to help support the work of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
Domestic Waste: Recycling
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote domestic recycling.
Plastics: Recycling
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the impact of the plastic waste export regime on recycling figures in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England.