Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32561

Tabled: 9 October 2026

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of powers available to local authorities under section 59 of the Building Act 1984 to require the rectification of foul-to-surfa