Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89006

Water Supply: Infrastructure

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, what discussions she has had with the Sec

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Government is committed to requiring sustainable drainage systems in new developments and we are working together with MHCLG to ensure that new developments do not overwhelm the existing sewerage network. Defra has established the Ministerial Water De...

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