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Waste Disposal: Industrial Disputes

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 46644

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has contingency plans for a national bin strike.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Local authorities are independent employers, responsible for managing industrial relations and the impacts of any potential industrial action.

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