Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 77585

Water Companies: Pollution

Tabled: 16 September 2025

Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Mohammad Yasin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to strengthen the accountability of water companies for pollution other than by implementing a (a) self-monitoring and (b) fines system.

Answer

Emma Hardy

This Government has put in place the building blocks to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. The Water (Special Measures) Act provides the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving them the teeth they need to t...

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