Waste Crime

Environment and Climate Change Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 29 Jul 2025 Parliament page
This short inquiry will consider waste crime, with a focus on serious and organised waste crime such as illegal waste sites and illegal dumping that pose a serious environmental risk. The inquiry will seek to understand the avenues for and prevalent forms of waste crime and their impacts. It will … Read more
5 Oral sessions
16 Letters
5 Events
Activity timeline 21 events
4 Jun
2026
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4 Jun
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4 Jun
2026
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13 May
2026
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27 Apr
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15 Apr
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15 Apr
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15 Apr
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15 Apr
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25 Mar
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Oral evidence
18 Mar
2026
Oral evidence
3 Feb
2026
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Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
25 Mar 2026
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Malcolm Lythgo · Environment Agency Philip Duffy · Environment Agency
18 Mar 2026
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James Cruddas · Defra Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP · Defra Sally Randall · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
17 Sep 2025
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Emma Bourne · Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Mary Creagh MP · Defra Phil Davies · Environment Agency Richard Las CBE · HM Revenue and Customs Steve Molyneux · Environment Agency
10 Sep 2025
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David Sidwick · Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset Dr Anna Willetts · UK Environmental Law Association Waste Working Party Mr Matthew Scott · Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent
3 Sep 2025
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Dan Cooke · Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Donald Macphail · Veolia Mr Sam Corp · Environmental Services Association (ESA)
Correspondence 16 letters
4 Jun 2026 From committee Letter to the Environment Agency on 25 March oral evidence session follow-up on waste crime 04.06.2026
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4 Jun 2026 To committee Letter from the Environment Agency on high priority waste sites list 22.05.2026
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4 Jun 2026 To committee Letter from the Environment Agency on 25 March oral evidence session follow-up on waste crime 19.05.2026
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13 May 2026 From committee Letter to the Environment Agency on waste crime letter dated 24 March with corrected data 13.05.2026
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27 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from the Environment Agency on waste crime letter dated 24 March with corrected data 22.04.2026
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15 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from Baroness Hayman for Defra on waste crime 23.03.2026
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15 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from the Environment Agency on waste crime oral evidence session pre-questions 24.03.2026
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15 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from the Environment Agency on 10 Point Action Plan on waste crime 20.03.2026
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15 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from SoS for Defra on waste crime and publication of Waste Crime Action Plan 23.03.2026
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3 Feb 2026 To committee Letter from Baroness Sheehan to Baroness Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defra on waste crime 03.02.2026
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28 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from Baroness Hayman to Baroness Sheehan on waste crime 26.01.2026
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7 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from Environment Agency on waste crime 16.12.2025
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15 Dec 2025 To committee Letter from Baroness Sheehan to SoS for Defra on waste crime 15.12.2025
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10 Dec 2025 To committee Letter from SoS for Defra on waste crime 09.12.25
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5 Dec 2025 To committee Letter from Baroness Sheehan to the Environment Agency on waste crime 05.12.2025
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28 Oct 2025 From committee Policy Letter to SoS for Defra on waste crime 28.10.25
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