Water: Standards
Commons · Question 122997 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local bathing water monitoring frameworks developed by local authorities on national policy.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Mar 2026
The Environment Agency has an ongoing statutory duty to monitor the water quality at designated bathing water sites in England in line with the Bathing Water Regulations 2013. I would encourage any local authority that is interested in developing a local ...