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 1677Maritime 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...
Climate Change Weather Events 2026-07-07
What steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure that the growing demand for air conditioning is met through energy-efficient technologies and clean electricity?...
Climate Change Resilience Planning 2026-07-07
Are the Government concerned about the future of fuel distribution in Scotland?...
Essential Energy Guarantee 2026-07-07
While the warm home discount helps households save on bills, we could do more with our heat network programme. With a potential heat network in Derby, there's often low awareness of these benefits. Is...
Essential Energy Guarantee 2026-07-07
The warm home discount is beneficial, but more can be done with heat networks. The winding down of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme may hinder sign-ups to these networks. Can you examine our e...
Topical Questions 2026-07-07
Last night, Members of this House passed regulations to crack down on rogue landfill operators. Does the Minister agree that no public payments should be made to a landfill gas energy provider when th...
Topical Questions 2026-07-07
When it comes to local and community energy, we welcome the investment by Great British Energy, and the local power plan. However, the Liberal Democrats pushed to get community energy in the Great Bri...
Large-scale Solar Farms 2026-07-07
Ministers have consistently been trying to argue that solar needs 1% of agricultural land, yet in a spectacular display of disjointed Government, their own land use framework talks about 9% of our agr...