Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60347

Landfill: Scotland

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he is having with his Scottish Government on the timeline for its 31 December 2025 landfill ban; and whether he has received any formal request from the Scottish Gover

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra regularly engages with colleagues in the Devolved Governments on resources and waste policy. However, resources and waste policy is a devolved matter and the decision to ban biodegradable waste to landfill in Scotland is a matter for Scottish Govern...

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