Rivers: Sewage
Commons · Question 34261 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce sewage in rivers.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 10 Mar 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) Act, which will strengthen regulation, incl...