Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89498

Microplastics: East Sussex

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Clive Lewis

LabourNorwich South

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Ofwat and (b) the Environment Agency on the biobeads spill in Sussex; and whether Southern Water will be fined for that spill.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Environment Agency (EA) officers have been working with all local partners on the initial and long term clean up strategy and have gathered the necessary evidence from impacted areas. The EA will apply their enforcement and sanctions policy when deciding ...

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