Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49244
Waste Disposal: Licensing
Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Question
Harpreet Uppal
Labour — Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle operators who do not dispose of waste appropriately despite holding valid waste licences; and whether he plans to take further steps
Answer
Mary CreaghWaste sites in England are regulated by the Environment Agency (EA) under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 which include a range of penalties including fines and imprisonment for breaches of conditions. The EA also takes a...
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