Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 58488
Chemicals: Pollution Control
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025
Question
Lorraine Beavers
Labour — Blackpool North and Fleetwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential merits of recovering the costs of treating chemical pollutants in (a) drinking water, (b) wastewater and (c) high risk sites in England from th
Answer
Emma HardyDefra is committed to the ‘polluter pays’ principle and regularly reviews ways to improve its implementation and efficacy. The Government can already seek cost recovery for contaminated land so that the responsible party (typically the polluter or current...
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