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
Labour — Huddersfield
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 HardyFor 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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