Written questions

Waste: Crime

Commons · Question 110376 · Tabled 3 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 9 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure effective regulation and enforcement is in place to tackle the environmental and financial impact of waste crime.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 9 Feb 2026

This Government is committed to tackling waste crime from the fly-tippers who blight our towns and villages to the serious and organised crime groups who are exploiting the waste sector.  Those responsible for committing waste crime, rather than taxpayers...