Question follow-through · 28154
Landfill: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to address the fire risk posed by batteries and other combustible items in landfill sites during periods of extreme heat.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 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
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to address the fire risk posed by batteries and other combustible items in landfill sites during periods of extreme heat.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
Landfill operators are required to have a fire risk management plan and have measures to prevent the receipt of hot or reactive waste. This Government is engaging with stakeholders to inform a review of the UK Batteries Regulations and other potential int...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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