Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75202

Water: Pollution

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 10 September 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to hold (a) highway businesses, (b) agriculture businesses and (c) other non-water sector polluters accountable for water pollution.

Answer

Emma Hardy

For the first time, river systems will be managed as a whole to tackle pollution from all sources, ensuring every sector plays its part in cleaning up our waterways. Subject to consultation this autumn, the Government will abolish Ofwat and merge its func...

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