Sewage: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 2570 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that storm overflows cause no environmental harm in protected landscapes by 2035.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 May 2026
Water companies must take action to address storm overflow spills. Between 2025 and 2030, over £10bn, a historic amount, is being invested in improving nearly 2,500 storm overflows across England, targeted at those affecting the most sensitive sites for e...