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Commons · Question 60363 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

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Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that local water companies promptly implement new requirements following the enactment of Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 Jun 2025

This Government is strongly committed to requiring standardised Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments. These should be to designs that cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits, offe...