Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 4136
A Bill to require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such 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; and for connected purposes.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Baroness Sheehan, Liberal Democrat
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In plain English
A bill to Require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such 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; and for connected purposes.
The papers we read for this bill do not say who would be affected if it became law.
A bill to Require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such 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; and for connected purposes.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: A bill to Require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such 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; and for connected purposes.. The people who would notice most are: we are still checking who that would be. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: A bill to Require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such 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; and for connected purposes..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
A bill to Require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such 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; and for connected purposes.
It is currently at 2nd reading in the Lords, sponsored by Baroness Sheehan, Liberal Democrat.
Passage signals — procedural trajectory, not a merit judgement
Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] is a private member's bill (starting in the lords), currently at 2nd reading in the Lords. It shows signs of running out of parliamentary time, based on how similar bills have progressed.
Lords private members' bills must find a Commons sponsor and Friday time after passing the Lords, so very few become law.
The bill has passed second reading — the vote on its principle, and the stage where most bills that fail are stopped.
Several months have passed without a new sitting and none is scheduled. Bills that stop moving often run out of parliamentary time.
This outlook reads the bill's procedural trajectory only — its type, the stage it has reached, and its momentum — against how similar bills have historically progressed through Parliament. It is not a score, not a judgement on the bill's merits, and not a recommendation to support or oppose it. It sits alongside, and separate from, the Green Book five-case appraisal.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2025-09-09
Climate Change Act 2008
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2024-09-26
Environment Act 2021
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
Nearby instruments in a similar policy space — lighter context while you read this UK proposal. Not a ranking, and not a recommendation.
Enacted 2026-07-20 (No. 27 of 2026)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 and the Planning and Development Act 2000, and, in that connection, to amend certain other enactments; to amend the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 for the purpose of increasing the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance Agency; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Matched via Oireachtas search for “environment climate” (Environment / climate).
Open sourceEU instrument (CELEX 32024R1991)
EU nature-restoration obligations for Member States.
Selected as the closest EU peer for the “Environment / climate” policy category. EU law uses directives/regulations, not Commons/Lords stages.
Open source