Agriculture: Sewage
Commons · Question 49473 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 May 2025
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce environmental pollution caused by the spreading of sewage sludge on agricultural land.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 9 May 2025
The Government recognises that wastewater treatment practices have changed in recent years and new risks may be emerging from the spread of treated sewage sludge to agricultural land. The Government has been working with water companies on the Chemical In...