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Sewage: Waste Disposal

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN HL2958, tabled on 1 March 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to revoke the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 that regulate sewage sludge and bring sewage sludge regulation within the Environmental Permitting Regime; and if so, when.

Answered on

12 March 2024

The Government is working with the Environment Agency to assess the regulatory framework for sludge. We recognise the importance of improving the regulatory framework, however, further work is required before any proposal for change may be progressed.