Baggy Shanker

Baggy Shanker

Labour (Co-op) — Derby South

Speaking in the House of Commons on 3 April 2025

Debate

Waste Incinerators

Contribution

I thank everybody for participating in this really important debate. I thank the Minister for agreeing to my request to ask DEFRA officials to look at the concerns I have had about the Sinfin incinerator for many years. Right hon. and hon. Members made important points about the industry as a whole. There is a lack of transparency when planning applications are going through and, in certain cases, when the plants are running. The business cases are also not tested when the plants are in operation. Those two things, in my experience, do not marry up, and the Environment Agency and other authorities seem powerless when the incinerators do not perform— Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10 (6)).

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