Rivers: Pollution Control
Commons · Question 121004 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on pollutant reduction within river improvement programmes of the report by the UK Centre for Ecology and
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 Mar 2026
In 2025, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) published an independent review of the suitability of the Water Framework Directive ecological classification framework for measuring and assessing the health of the water environment. Among its sug...