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Swimming: Water

Commons · Question 68614 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 63716 on Bathing Water, what kind of epidemiological studies she is carrying out in relation to wider reforms.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 21 Jul 2025

We have begun policy development and research on how best to implement the wider reforms as consulted on last year. These are expanding the definition of a ‘bather’ and introducing the use of multiple monitoring points at bathing sites. Policy development...