| Heading: |
Incinerators: Health |
| Question ID: |
1788943 |
| UIN: |
41669 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5327 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Vikki Slade
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| Asking Member handle: |
vikkislade72
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@vikkislade72
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of waste incineration on (a) public health and (b) respiratory conditions. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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: |
The Environment Agency assesses the emissions from new waste incinerators, also known as Energy from Waste (EfW) plants, as part of the permitting process and consults the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on every application received. The UKHSA’s positi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |