Question follow-through · 2606
Water Companies: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department are taking to sanction companies that pollute waterways with sewage.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2024 · 37 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department are taking to sanction companies that pollute waterways with sewage.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2024
Answer published
In the first week of Government, the Secretary of State met with water company bosses, to make it clear that water firms will be held accountable for their performance for customers and the environment. During the meeting, water bosses signed up to the Go...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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