Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72549
Sewers: Rural Areas
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Rachel Gilmour
Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to apply sufficient (a) regulatory and (b) financial pressures on water and sewerage companies to ensure the provision of drainage connections to rural communit
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government recognises the importance of having a robust drainage and wastewater system both now and for future demand. As part of the Environment Act 2021, a new duty has been created for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales to produce Drainage a...
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