Written questions

Sewage: West Dorset

Commons · Question 36994 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of sewage discharges from combined sewer overflows at (a) Charmouth West Stream and (b) Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach in

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 18 Mar 2025

For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. It is the responsibility of water companies to invest in infrastructure and other improvements to reduce untreated wastewater pollution incidents....