Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14174

Waste Disposal

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Lorraine Beavers

LabourBlackpool North and Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to strengthen the Environment Agency's due diligence processes for (a) awarding and (b) transferring environmental permits.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Guidance on due diligence checks for a) awarding and b) transferring environmental permits under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 are set out in the legal and operator competence guidance and the relevant convictions guida...

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