Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23690

Sewage: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 13 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with water companies on upgrading infrastructure to ensure the sewage system can accommodate heavy rainfall without overflowing sewage into wate

Answer

Emma Hardy

For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, which will strengthen regulation, including...

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