A question on #Sewage #WasteDisposal tabled by Chris Coghlan on 29-01-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Sewage: Waste Disposal
Question ID: 1759845
UIN: 27287
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-29
Asking Member ID: 5198
Asking Member display name: Chris Coghlan
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Chris Coghlan
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that local communities are compensated by water companies for sewage discharges.
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Date answered: 2025-02-05
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Answering Member ID: 4645
Answering Member display name: Emma Hardy
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Emma Hardy
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Answer text: Ofwat, the independent economic regulator, sets specific performance targets for companies in the five-yearly price review. Where companies fail to meet these targets, including pollution incidents, they must reimburse customers through lower water bills....
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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