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Sewage: Pollution Control

Commons · Question 20483 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Dec 2024

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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...