Environment
Environmental protection, pollution, and waste - water quality and pollution enforcement, plastic and packaging waste, waste incineration, illegal dumping, air quality, and nature/biodiversity protection. Distinct from Climate, which covers climate change, emissions, and net zero specifically.
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 180PMQs 2026-07-15
South East Water has failed communities, causing Downlands community school in Hassocks to send 1,200 pupils home because they had no water. Does the Prime Minister agree that before new housing devel...
PMQs 2026-07-08
My constituency is the ninth most sewage-polluted constituency in the entire country, with thousands of hours of sewage pouring into the Thames, Avon and Coln, but that metric of hours conceals the tr...
PMQs 2026-07-01
Two of my constituents, Cody and Liam Townend, and another mum from Leeds, Zoe Ward, all lost babies in different tragic circumstances, but they all went to the same funeral director, who did not trea...
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From slashing winter fuel payments to surrendering the Chagos Islands, this Prime Minister has got every major decision wrong. It is no wonder that even his own MPs are now looking elsewhere for the a...
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This morning, a mature street tree fell on my house. No one was hurt, but it is another reminder of the results of this extreme heat that we face. Today is the hottest June day ever on record. Extreme...
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Thames Water's distant creditors control the company. Their current deal is being objected to by the Government, but there is uncertainty on whose interests will be prioritised in any restructuring: s...
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In order to keep our NHS working well long-term, we must focus on prevention. Every year over 30,000 deaths are due to poor air quality; Ella Kissi-Debrah's tragic case being an example. Seventy years...
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Every time there is heavy rain, Judy Washington's driveway and garden are flooded with raw sewage. The same happens to her neighbour, and it happened again last week. Thames Water told my office that ...
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A suppressed Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report has concluded that without transformational change, our food and water systems are at risk of catastrophic failure from 2030. Ano...
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Before we leave the House for several weeks, I feel it is absolutely necessary to raise an issue in my constituency about which I have been trying to get an answer from DEFRA and EA. A landfill site i...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 1684Climate Change Resilience
What steps is the Department taking to help people adapt homes and public buildings to increasingly hot summers?...
Peatland: Energy Infrastructure
We do not have an abundance of peatland in east Kent, but we do have acres of wonderful marshland and sites of special scientific interest. Will the Minister look at the environmental impact of siting...
Onley Park Estate: Water Main
What progress has been made on replacing the water main serving the Onley Park estate?...
Severe Weather Incidents 2026-09-10
Returning to the topic of Cornwall, the Minister mentioned the possibility that Cornwall could be a pilot area for storm resilience measures. Measures to raise awareness and provide guidelines for ind...
National Resilience 2026-09-10
Over the summer, I met two fire resilience experts in my constituency, who have experience of fires in California. They told me that simple measures taken locally can have a significant impact, includ...
National Resilience 2026-09-10
What steps her Department is taking to improve national resilience. The Department is facing a range of threats, including extreme weather, cyber-attacks, and pandemics....
Emergency Alert System 2026-09-10
What assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the emergency alert system, given that it was recently used in a situation with 43 active fires and four major incidents, and there is evidence of...
Maritime Sector 2026-07-16
Can I urge him to ensure that these plans are paused and do not go ahead on 1 September, and to really look at the MCA's handling of this situation? Will he also join me in thanking the brilliant coas...
Topical Questions 2026-07-16
In my capacity as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cabin air quality, I recently met pilots and cabin crew about the impact of fume events and the lifelong consequences they can have for ...
Health Inequalities: Staffordshire 2026-07-14
Audley health centre is facing high levels of pollution from the M6. Will the Government ensure that residents are not disproportionately affected by respiratory diseases? The MP also asked for a meet...