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Written Question
Sewers: Pollution
Wednesday 3rd January 2024

Asked by: Elliot Colburn (Conservative - Carshalton and Wallington)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the responsibility of local authorities to work with water companies to tackle polluted surface water outfalls that occur as a result of mis-connections to sewers rather than surface water runoffs.

Answered by Robbie Moore - Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of issues. Misconnections are often the product of poor domestic drainage from private drainage asset owners. However, the contents discharge from water company assets and water companies have a responsibility to investigate and resolve. Water company drainage and wastewater management plans provide the opportunity for companies to proactively identify these risks and propose long-term solutions to address them.

Written Question
Incinerators
Friday 20th October 2023

Asked by: Elliot Colburn (Conservative - Carshalton and Wallington)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Incineration Overcapacity in England, published by the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network in November 2022, what steps her Department is taking to tackle overcapacity of incinerators in England.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

Government does not support overcapacity of Energy from Waste treatment in England. We will publish an assessment of our further residual waste treatment capacity needs in due course.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Waste Incineration: Permit Variation

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered permit variation processes for waste incineration facilities.

It is pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the Chairman of Ways and Means for selecting today’s debate, especially because doing so involved a change to the Order Paper at …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Waste Incineration: Permit Variation

"First, I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Loughborough (Jane Hunt) and for Keighley (Robbie Moore). The three of us have been here many times before, so I am grateful to see them here.

To pick up on a point that the Minister made in summarising the debate about …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Carshalton and Wallington residents warned the Lib-Dem-run council that the incinerator that it campaigned for in Beddington would one day want to increase its capacity. Sadly, they have been proven right, because it is now seeking to burn more. I know that the waste minimisation strategy calls for the phasing …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way and, through her, also thank the hon. Member for Neath for introducing this Bill.

That is indeed very good news. Will the Minister confirm that the Government will keep the level of the fines in this Bill under review because enforcement …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Plastic Waste

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered reducing plastic waste.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees, and a pleasure to be back in a fairly busy Westminster Hall. Thank you to all colleagues for expressing an interest in today’s debate. I would also …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Plastic Waste

"I am grateful to the hon. Member for that question, and she raises a very important point. The only thing I would observe is that some councils are doing incredibly good work and increasing their recycling rates, and they all face similar pressures. I am sure she will go more …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Plastic Waste

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. That is an incredibly important thing, which the Government should definitely look at, and I urge the Minister to take that away. The deposit return scheme described applies only to plastic bottles, and we know that there are opportunities and examples from …..."
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