| Heading: |
Rivers: Pollution Control |
| Question ID: |
1814590 |
| UIN: |
61388 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5289 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Harpreet Uppal
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| Asking Member handle: |
harpreetkuppal
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@harpreetkuppal
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms to reduce pollution by water companies in local rivers. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
| 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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| Answer text: |
The Water (Special Measures) Act (WSMA) provides the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving the teeth they need to take tougher action against water companies. A record 81 criminal investigations into water ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |