| Heading: |
Sewage: Water |
| Question ID: |
1796510 |
| UIN: |
47581 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing higher penalties for the failure of water companies to adequately (a) monitor and (b) report on sew |
| 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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| Answer text: |
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. Since 1 January 2025, water companies have been required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the dis... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |