Water: Pollution
Commons · Question 13212 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to update its policy guidance on metal mine pollution to reflect the primary risk from sediment contamination in river channels and floodplains.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 20 Nov 2024
There is no specific policy guidance on metal mine pollution. The Environment Agency (EA) considers the primary risk from abandoned metal mines to be pollution of rivers and estuaries, with around 1,500km of rivers polluted by metals. The government has a...