Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64318

Water: Pollution

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) the timely availability of pollution data, (b) that water companies are held to account for sewage discharges and (c) that improvements to storm o

Answer

Mary Creagh

For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. We are putting water companies under special measures through our landmark Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act has introduced new powers to ban ...

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