A question on #Water #PollutionControl tabled by Rachel Gilmour on 16-05-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Water: Pollution Control
Question ID: 1803679
UIN: 52953
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-16
Asking Member ID: 5252
Asking Member display name: Rachel Gilmour
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rachel Gilmour
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time was between a pollution discharge notification and a public bathing water quality warning being issued during the 2024 season.
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Date answered: 2025-05-22
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Is correcting answer: false
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: The Environment Agency (EA) does not record the time between notifying a Local Authority of a pollution incident that may affect a bathing water and how long it then takes the Local Authority, who have the responsibility for notifications being put up at ...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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