Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60363

Sewers

Tabled: 16 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that local water companies promptly implement new requirements following the enactment of Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management

Answer

Emma Hardy

This Government is strongly committed to requiring standardised Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments. These should be to designs that cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits, offe...

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