Water Restoration Fund
Commons · Question 24769 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Anna Dixon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing fines paid by water companies for the Water Restoration Fund.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Jan 2025
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable 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, including giving environmental regula...