Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13920

Rivers: Sewage

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 2 July 2026

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing the measures in the Chalk Streams (Sewerage Investment) Bill.

Answer

Emma Hardy
This Government is committed to the protection and restoration of our cherished chalk streams. We are already taking action to hold water companies and other polluters to account through the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 and water companies are requir...

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