Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75414

Sewers: Pollution

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release New drainage standards tackle pollution in England’s communities, published on 19 June 2025, if he will list the (a) flooding and (b) drainage exper

Answer

Emma Hardy
A range of stakeholders including expert consultants, devolved administrations, local authorities, arms length bodies, water companies, drainage experts, environmental groups and developers were consulted.