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Commons · Question 9453 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the mix of waste sent for incineration since 2017 on the carbon emissions of each unit of electricity generated by inc

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 6 Nov 2024

Defra made no assessment of the effect of changes in the mix of waste sent for incineration on the carbon emissions of each unit of electricity generated by energy recovery facilities when the Rt Hon member for North East Cambridgeshire was Secretary of S...