Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63847

Sewage: Pollution

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people who fall ill from sewage pollution-related causes in Cornwall.

Answer

Emma Hardy
We are putting water companies under special measures through our landmark Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act has introduced new powers to ban the payment of bonuses for polluting water bosses and bring criminal charges against law breakers and made it...

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