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Sewage: Health Hazards

Commons · Question 26208 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2025

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Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support people who become ill from sewage discharge.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 25 Feb 2025

For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. The Government is committed to holding water companies to account. The Water (Special Measures) Bill will drive meaningful improvements in the performan...