Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 111958

Inland Waterways: Pollution Control

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Natasha Irons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of local councils in exercising their statutory enforcement powers to protect local waterways from pollution; and whether her D

Answer

Emma Hardy

Local authorities do hold limited enforcement responsibilities, primarily through Environmental Health functions, for example, under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 in relation to certain industrial processes, and powers ...

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