Water: Standards
Commons · Question 97995 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the feasibility test introduced under the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025 on the designation of s
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Dec 2025
This Government’s reforms introduce a feasibility assessment that will consider these factors ahead of formal designation. This will focus resources on sites where water quality can feasibly be improved to ‘sufficient’ standard and allow the public to mak...