Question follow-through · 124628
Waste: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to put the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse on a statutory basis.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 6 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
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to put the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse on a statutory basis.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
We laid the ‘Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse’ in Parliament on 25 February 2026 and it became statutory guidance on the 6 April 2026. It outlines the standards expected of local councils and other duty bodies (e.g. National Highways) with regards to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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