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Landfill

Asked by Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 116278

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Department officials on potential landfill abandonment due to improved environmental standards.

Answered by Mary Creagh

It is a long-standing convention that meetings between ministers and their officials to discuss matters of policy are not separately reported.

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