Sewage: Pollution
Commons · Question 63847 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people who fall ill from sewage pollution-related causes in Cornwall.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 7 Jul 2025
We are putting water companies under special measures through our landmark Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act has introduced new powers to ban the payment of bonuses for polluting water bosses and bring criminal charges against law breakers and made it...