Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27857

Lead: Contamination

Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Smith

ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6209 on Lead: Contamination, whether he has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on the Water and Abandoned Metal Mi

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra works closely with the Environment Agency to ensure it is equipped to carry out its functions effectively and deliver for the public and the environment; this includes its work to reduce pollution from abandoned metal mines.