Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 26208

Sewage: Health Hazards

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support people who become ill from sewage discharge.

Answer

Emma Hardy
For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. The Government is committed to holding water companies to account. The Water (Special Measures) Bill will drive meaningful improvements in the performan...

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