Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 91368

Waste Management: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of prolonged industrial disputes in local waste services on recycling rates and environmental health in affected communities.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has not made an assessment of the potential impact of prolonged industrial disputes in local waste services on recycling rates and environmental health in affected.