Biography
Mary Creagh has made 23 debate speeches covering environmental and waste management issues, with particular focus on fly-tipping, waste crime, sewage pollution, and woodland creation. Her contributions show sustained engagement with environmental enforcement and public health impacts, including discussions of organised crime networks involved in waste crime and community consequences of pollution. While the topics listed for this member include health and social care areas such as A&E, mental health, and cancer, the provided Hansard extracts contain no contributions on these subjects.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…d that as many as 2,700 people may have died, railway tracks buckled, over 1,000 schools closed, and the London ambulance service had its busiest day on record. Since 1901, the UK’s sea level has risen by about 20 cm, but that rate is accelerating, because two thirds of this rise has happened in just the last 30 years.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention36th of 68830.0
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
What they’ve said
“I will make some progress. We are matching prevention with tougher enforcement and pursuing the criminals with every tool in the box. We are increasing the Environment Agency’s budget, as I mentioned, and giving it new police-style powers to intervene earlier, disrupt the criminals and bring them to justice before thei…”
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“No, I will finish my point. The Joint Unit for Waste Crime is strengthening its hand. It is bringing together environmental watchdogs, police forces and the National Crime Agency to dismantle the serious organised crime networks that blight our communities. The penalties for waste crime must match the harm it causes.”
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) for securing this very well attended debate. Let me also thank hon. Members from across the House who have made valuable points.”
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to respond to this afternoon’s debate on behalf of my colleague the Water Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (Emma Hardy), who is sadly unable to be with us because she is attending an international conference on the marine environment. I thank the hon.”
River Otter: Sewage Pollution · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I will correct the record. The magic of the officials’ box has informed me that the maximum penalty is an unlimited fine, not a £50,000 fine, and/or a term of imprisonment of up to two years.”
Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026 · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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