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Water: Standards

Commons · Question 16642 · Tabled 27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide adequate (a) funding and (b) resources to carry out year round testing for designated bathing water areas in the Newton Abbot constituency.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Dec 2024

On 12 November, we launched a public consultation on proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013. A core proposal of this consultation is to move the fixed dates of the bathing season from the Regulations into guidance. This would provide the f...