Agriculture: Sewage
Commons · Question 9802 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to move the regulation of sludge used on agricultural land from the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 into the Environmental Permitting (Englan
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Oct 2024
The Government is working with the Environment Agency to assess the regulatory framework for sludge. We recognise the importance of improving the regulatory framework, however, further work is required before any proposal for change may be progressed.