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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the management of waste containing persistent organic pollutants; and whether he plans to provide support to local authorities for the management of such waste.

Local authority representatives form part of a long-established Defra working group on the management of waste containing persistent organic pollutants. We also meet with local authority representatives separately and provide advisory support and guidance together with the Environment Agency.