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Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL]
Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] has completed 1st reading on 4 Jun 2026 in the House of Lords. Parliament currently lists 2nd reading as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading4 Jun 2026
- Current stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Lords
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
- Last updated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Baroness Sheehan Proposer / sponsor · Liberal Democrat · House of Lords
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View Parliamentary CalendarWhat this bill is about
The Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] would require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for complying with statutory “duty of care” rules for waste. It would also make those companies financially responsible for the clean-up and clearance of waste they have generated or controlled, where that waste is mismanaged and the duty of care has not been discharged.
What it would do
- Require large companies to appoint a named director for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations.
- Make companies financially responsible for clean-up and clearance of mismanaged waste they generated or controlled.
- Apply financial responsibility where the waste duty of care has not been discharged.
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1st reading 4 Jun 2026 · House of Lords
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