Sewage: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Commons · Question 60021 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the (a) number and (b) duration of sewage discharges into waterways in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 19 Jun 2025
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. The Government remains committed to reducing both the frequency and duration of storm overflow spills, in line with the Storm Overflows Discharge ...