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Lead: Contamination

Commons · Question 27857 · Tabled 31 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Julian Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6209 on Lead: Contamination, whether he has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on the Water and Abandoned Metal Mi

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 11 Feb 2025

Defra works closely with the Environment Agency to ensure it is equipped to carry out its functions effectively and deliver for the public and the environment; this includes its work to reduce pollution from abandoned metal mines.