Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120287

Sewage: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 12 March 2026

Answered: 20 March 2026

Question

Barry Gardiner

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Office for Environmental Protection Investigation Report, published in December 2025.

Answer

Mary Creagh

In December 2025, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) published the concluding reports of its investigation into the regulation of network Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) in England. I was pleased to see recognition that work undertaken by this ...

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