Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 43625

Sewage: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Harpreet Uppal

LabourHuddersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve enforcement powers against water companies that repeatedly discharge untreated sewage.

Answer

Emma Hardy
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we have placed water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act will drive meaningful improvem...

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