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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last discussed Walley's Quarry with the Prime Minister.

Ministers have regular discussions with colleagues in the Prime Minister's Office, as well as the Prime Minister, on a range of issues. Defra officials recently chaired a cross-government meeting to discuss Walleys Quarry.

I visited Walleys Quarry on 2 December 2021, and subsequently met with my honourable Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell), the Environment Agency and representatives from the local community, to further understand the situation and the work underway to resolve this issue.