| Heading: |
Sewage: Pollution Control |
| Question ID: |
1795203 |
| UIN: |
46606 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5350 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Maguire
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenMaguireNC
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenMaguireNC
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to criminalise the failure to prevent dumping of sewage into public waterways by water companies. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. Storm Overflows are strictly regulated by the Environment Agency (EA). Where breaches are found, EA will not hesitate to hold companies to account... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |