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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the National Crime Agency to tackle financial criminality in the waste sector.

Criminals exploit the waste sector for profit and this Government takes a zero-tolerance approach to waste crime. The Environment Agency works closely with HMRC, including through the Joint Unit for Waste Crime, sharing intelligence and combining enforcement capabilities to disrupt criminal business models and tackle serious and organised waste crime.