Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 21896

Sewage: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 3 January 2025

Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing penalties for water companies that discharge sewage into (a) watercourses and (b) coastal waters.

Answer

Emma Hardy

For too long, water companies have pumped record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. The Water (Special Measures) Bill will deliver on the Government’s commitment to put water companies under special measures. It will drive meaningful improv...

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