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Sewage: West Dorset

Commons · Question 5187 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of sewage discharges affecting rivers and coastal waters in West Dorset.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 5 Jun 2026

The implications for West Dorset’s rivers and coastal waters will vary by location. The first progress report on the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, published December 2025, shows mixed progress against each target in the Plan. Nationwide, there...