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HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeAs I understand it, all waste incinerators are tightly permitted. If there are problems with permitting or if the right hon. Member believes that permits are being broken, I…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeMy hon. Friend raises an important point. It is appalling to see in the pictures how the pollution is right next to the river, and it is very concerning. Obviously criminal…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI congratulate my hon. Friend and her council on the work that they are doing to deal with illegal waste. On fly-tipping, there are all the measures that I mentioned in my…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeAgain, I share the hon. Lady’s anger about what is happening in our beautiful countryside; we see more and more evidence of illegal dumping. As I have mentioned, the Environment…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeAgain, I share my hon. Friend’s upset and anger about the state in which waste criminals leave our countryside. We are taking forward many measures, but one that I think will be…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI agree about the appalling state in which fly-tippers leave our environment. We are looking at reviewing council powers to seize and crush the vehicles of fly-tippers. We want…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeThe hon. Lady raises an important point. It is important that we have all the money that the Home Office needs, so I hope she will be supporting our Budget next week.17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI point out to the hon. Gentleman that this Government increased funding for waste enforcement by the Environment Agency by 50%, after that funding had been frozen for years under…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeMy hon. Friend is formidable and impressive. Frankly, I am delighted and proud to be on the same side of the fight as her, and she has led an incredible campaign. I went to see…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeWe certainly do not want to get in the way of a good game of cricket. The weather does that enough; we certainly do not want our regulators to do that. I think the best thing in…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeThe Government are aware of the appalling case of illegal dumping in the hon. Member’s constituency, and I absolutely share his constituents’ anger. I, too, have seen the…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeLet me first convey apologies from the Minister for Nature, my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry East (Mary Creagh). She would have loved to be here for the urgent question, but…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI am horrified to hear that such an appalling thing has happened in my hon. Friend’s constituency. He is right, and we should praise the legitimate waste businesses who do a…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI thank the hon. Member for, as ever, raising an important issue for his constituents. I am sure the nature Minister meets the Northern Ireland Assembly regularly and that she can…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeWe perhaps could call many things in here idiot campaigns, but let us not get diverted into discussing those. I pay full tribute to my hon. Friend’s local council for the work it…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeMy hon. Friend is quite right to highlight that there are legitimate companies out there, but there are also waste criminals. That is why the Environment Agency has launched its…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeAs luck would have it, the Home Affairs team happens to be on the Front Bench just now, and they will have heard the hon. Gentleman’s question.17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI think it is a shame that while the hon. Gentleman raises this issue here, on the ground he unfortunately does not seem able to work cross-party to actually deal with it. I…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeMy hon. Friend is right to be angry about the incidents that he is seeing in his constituency, and this is one of the reasons we have increased the Environment Agency funding for…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI am so sorry to hear about the issue my hon. Friend raises. It is shocking that his constituents were unable to access the treatment they needed because of the appalling waste…17 Nov 2025