Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 30 January 2025Answered: 6 February 2025
Asked by
Lee Barron
Labour — Corby and East Northamptonshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Mary Creagh
It is not appropriate for me to comment on a specific planning permission case, but I do encourage those developing energy-from-waste facilities, including those that already have permission, to consider the evidence that DEFRA published over the recess, the new standards that we have introduced and the Government’s circular economy opportunities when determining whether their facility is still required.