Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94112

Incinerators: Construction

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of re-instating the pause on the building of new waste incinerators.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Determining the need and location for waste management infrastructure is a matter for the relevant planning authority. To support decision making the Government has made it clear we only back new Energy from Waste projects if they meet strict local and en...

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