Sewers: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 72549 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Rachel Gilmour
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to apply sufficient (a) regulatory and (b) financial pressures on water and sewerage companies to ensure the provision of drainage connections to rural communit
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025
The Government recognises the importance of having a robust drainage and wastewater system both now and for future demand. As part of the Environment Act 2021, a new duty has been created for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales to produce Drainage a...