Environment, nature and waste: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• Jen Roberts and raising awareness of water pollution

  Early day motion · Mon 26 Oct · edm.parliament.uk

Bills, amendments and new laws

• Nature’s Rights Bill [HL]: 8 amendments tabled

  Amendments · Nature’s Rights Bill [HL] · Thu 29 Oct · bills.parliament.uk

• Nature’s Rights Bill [HL]

  Bill · Wed 28 Oct · bills.parliament.uk

• Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL]

  Bill · Wed 28 Oct · bills.parliament.uk

Written questions and answers

• Air Pollution: Warnings

  5 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Plastics: Recycling

  5 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Recycling

  4 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Air Pollution

  3 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Packaging

  3 written questions and answers · Department of Health and Social Care · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Water: Recycling

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Packaging: Recycling

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Whether it will provide an update on progress towards its preparation of the new Household Recycling Code of…

  2 written questions and answers · Scottish Government · Thu 29 Oct · parliament.scot

• Aluminium: Recycling

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Whether it will provide an update on proposals to recognise the right to a healthy environment in the…

  2 written questions and answers · Scottish Government · Wed 28 Oct · parliament.scot

• If her department will publish the call for evidence about implementation of the packaging Extended Producer…

  Written question · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• If she will publish a comparative analysis of glass packaging Extended Producer Responsibility fees in other…

  Written question · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 48 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• Plastic Packaging Tax - mechanically recycled plastic packaging

  Consultation outcome · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Preferred candidate for Environment Agency Chair announced

  News · Defra, Environment Agency · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Environment Secretary commits to take further action against water bosses over pollution

  News · Defra · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Curfew and clean-up order for Cornwall waste criminal

  News · Environment Agency · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park development consent decision announced

  News · Planning Inspectorate · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

• £12,000 fine for Cheltenham waste operator for disposal of diesel

  News · Environment Agency · Mon 26 Oct · gov.uk

• Air Pollution Trends Reports

  Publication · Defra · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Radioactivity in food and the environment (RIFE) report

  Publication · Environment Agency, FSA, Natural Resources Wales, Cefas · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Locations of high priority waste sites in England

  Publication · Environment Agency · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Environment Agency data on business environmental performance

  Publication · Environment Agency · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• CT7 0HL, Reclamet Holdings Ltd: Permit number: EPR/JB3501LT (EAWML 10381), The Recycling Centre, Woodchurch Road, Birchington, Kent - Planning Inspectorate Reference: APP/EPR/25/605

  Publication · Environment Agency · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Rail environment: April 2025 to March 2026

  Publication · ORR · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

And 15 more items this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

How this page is made

Every Monday we search the official items Policy Radar collected in the past week (Monday to Sunday) for these words in the title: environment, nature, biodiversity, waste, recycling, packaging, pollution. Written questions on the same subject are grouped together, and amendments are grouped by bill. Matching on titles is quick but rough: some relevant items will be missing and a few may be off-topic. Each item links to the official page. For waste firms, packaging producers and environmental groups.