Lords Grand Committee
14 July 2026
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Lords Grand Committee House of Lords
00:02 - 00:17
Speaker 1
Good morning everyone. Environmental Permitting Waste Controlling or Transporting and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities Amendment England Regulations 2026. Baroness Hayman of Ullock.
00:17 - 02:16
Speaker 2
My Lords. The Environmental Permitting Waste Controlling or Transporting and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities Amendment England Regulations 2026 were laid before the House on the 20th of May 2026. I would like to acknowledge the work of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in their review of this statutory instrument. The Committee's scrutiny is a vital part of our legislative process, ensuring that the policy intentions behind secondary legislation are clear and well-founded. Waste crime blights our communities.
Across our streets, fields and woodlands, criminals dump waste illegally. This is an eyesore and causes damage to our environment. A light-touch registration system for those who transport and deal in waste has been exploited over the years by waste cowboys who dump waste and leave a huge clean-up bill. So this system is not fit for purpose. Today we seek to reform it, introducing strict checks and requirements, closing the loopholes that allow illegal operators into our waste system.
We will bring those in England who control and transport waste within the scope of the 2016 Environmental Permitting Regulations, while repealing the current carriers, brokers and dealers registration system. These regulations will introduce permits for those who control and transport waste, bringing the system in line with site-based waste activities. Permitting will mean that those who apply will need to undergo a stricter range of background checks, including criminal records checks, as well as demonstrate that they are technically competent to do the job. The new system of permitting will be managed by the Environment Agency, who will be responsible for managing applications and ensuring compliance. The Environment Agency will also be able to suspend and ultimately revoke permits when conditions are breached.
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