Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 77579
Pollution: Water Companies
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025
Question
Mohammad Yasin
Labour — Bedford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the accountability of water companies for pollution.
Answer
Emma HardyThis Government has put in place the building blocks to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. The Water (Special Measures) Act provides the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving them the teeth they need to t...
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