Water Supply: Infrastructure
Commons · Question 89006 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, what discussions she has had with the Sec
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 17 Nov 2025
The Government is committed to requiring sustainable drainage systems in new developments and we are working together with MHCLG to ensure that new developments do not overwhelm the existing sewerage network. Defra has established the Ministerial Water De...