| Heading: |
Landfill: Pollution Control |
| Question ID: |
1784591 |
| UIN: |
38301 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5272 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Margaret Mullane
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| Asking Member handle: |
margaret4dr
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@margaret4dr
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) mitigate pollution from historic landfills and (b) facilitate the remediation of landfill sites. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
Local Authorities have a duty to identify contaminated land (including historic landfills) which are causing unacceptable risks to human health or the environment. Where requested, the Environment Agency (EA) supports Local Authorities in discharging thes... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |