Sewage: Coastal Areas
Commons · Question 19203 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of compensating coastal communities disproportionately affected by sewage discharges for the environmental and economic damage
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Dec 2024
Ofwat, the independent economic regulator, sets specific performance targets for companies in the five-yearly price review. Where companies fail to meet these targets, including pollution incidents, they must reimburse customers through lower water bills....