Sewage: Pollution Control
Commons · Question 20483 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle unlawful discharges of sewage by water companies into waterways in Surrey.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Dec 2024
For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, which will strengthen regulation, including...