Waste Disposal: Birmingham
Commons · Question 62956 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have had with (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) Unite since the start of the waste collection industrial dispute in Birmingham.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 1 Jul 2025
Since Birmingham City Council’s declaration of a ‘major incident’ on 31 March, Ministers have been in regular contact with the Council to tackle the backlog of waste on the city’s streets.Ministers have not met with Unite.