Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83648
Rivers: Sewage
Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent illegal sewage dumping in chalk stream rivers.
Answer
Emma HardyFixing the systemic issues in the water system is essential to addressing the multiple pressures facing chalk streams. Restoring these waterbodies to better ecological health is a core ambition of this Government’s overall programme of work to clean up ri...
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