A question on #Waste #Crime tabled by Sir Alec Shelbrooke on 02-12-2024 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Waste: Crime
Question ID: 1746052
UIN: 17085
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-12-02
Asking Member ID: 3997
Asking Member display name: Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Asking Member handle: AlecShelbrooke
Asking Member Twitter reference: @AlecShelbrooke
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) illegal landfill sites and (b) waste crime.
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Date answered: 2024-12-10
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: The Environment Agency (EA) has a range of powers to tackle waste crime and take enforcement action. These powers, coupled with those of their partners ensure that it can confront criminals. Over the last 3 years the EA has stopped more than 1500 illegal ...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true