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Written Question
Sewage: Swansea Bay
Friday 19th November 2021

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much raw sewage has been released without treatment from English coastal towns on the Severn estuary and Bristol Channel in each of the last three years.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

The Environment Agency does not hold the data for the volume of sewage released by storm overflows.

Working with water companies, the Environment Agency has concluded a programme to install Event Duration Monitors on the vast majority of storm overflows, just over 80% of the overflows in England by the end of 2020. These monitors provide a robust and consistent way of monitoring how often and for how long storm overflows are used, but do not measures volume. This underpins the Environment Agency planning, compliance and enforcement work. By the end of 2023, the remaining number will be monitored to provide a complete picture of permitted storm overflows in England.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 May 2021
Environment Bill

"I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I support the amendments, which are also in my name. Many constituents have written to me about these issues. Does he agree that there is a stark contrast here with the approach shown by the Welsh Labour Government? Let us take their …..."
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Written Question
Incinerators: Wales
Monday 1st February 2021

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of (a) residential and (b) commercial waste were transported to Wales, from England, for incineration in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

This level of detailed information is not routinely collated and cannot be readily compiled from information held by Defra for residential or commercial waste originating in England. Waste is a devolved matter and the data on waste treated in Wales by incineration would be held by the Welsh Government.

Written Question
Incinerators: Wales
Thursday 26th November 2020

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

What assessment he has made of recent trends in the volume of (a) residential and (b) commercial waste transported from other parts of the UK to Wales for incineration.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

Waste is a devolved matter. The data on waste treated in Wales by incineration would be held by the Welsh Government. No such assessment has been made by this Department.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill

"The hon. Lady has made some strong points. There of course is a cats competition ongoing at the moment, which Mr Speaker’s own cat is in, as is my cat, Charlotte, who is a rescue cat. On a serious note, she suffered significant abuse in the first few months of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Local Clean Air Targets

"My hon. Friend makes some incredibly strong points. He knows I am a strong supporter of air quality measures and of reducing carbon emissions and the types of nitrogen oxide emissions he refers to. However, does he agree that adequate support needs to be given to private hire drivers and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Local Clean Air Targets

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Sir Charles. I appreciate being able to speak in this important debate, and I thank the hon. Members who secured it. On many occasions, I have spoken in this House about air quality issues, including how those issues relate to the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Local Clean Air Targets

"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to point out Wales’s admirable record on recycling, which I was going to mention. Because we are recycling so much, the reality is that these plants often truck in waste from elsewhere and, indeed, from across the border in England. I have asked DEFRA …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Local Clean Air Targets

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Local Clean Air Targets

"The Minister has not touched on incinerators at all. Does she have any thoughts on that, given the multiple incinerators near her own Taunton Deane constituency in Bridgwater and Avonmouth and across the Severn in my constituency?..."
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