Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 4 December 2025.
Wendy Morton
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of prolonged industrial disputes in local waste services on recycling rates and environmental health in affected communities.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra has not made an assessment of the potential impact of prolonged industrial disputes in local waste services on recycling rates and environmental health in affected.
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