The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Conservative MP for Keighley
Your MP (Robbie Moore) represents you, and all of the people who live in Keighley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.
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Conservative MP for Keighley
Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election
Local Authorities have the statutory duty to inspect their Areas to identify contaminated land (including historic landfills and non-permitted sites) in accordance with a written inspection strategy which they must publish and maintain. The Environment Agency has responsibility to require those responsible to remediate historic landfills and non-permitted sites if they have been determined...
The vast majority of landfill sites do not cause problems and the regulatory framework serves them and their local communities well. Where poor performance does occur the Environment Agency has a range of powers to bring sites back into compliance and, where necessary, to take enforcement action against operators.
Through the Government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, we have set stringent targets for water companies to reduce the use of storm overflows, driving the largest infrastructure programme in water company history of £60 billion over 25 years. We expect water companies to utilise a natural capital approach, considering carbon reduction and biodiversity net gain, as well as...
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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.
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