Question follow-through · 8419

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all existing environmental permits issued to sewerage undertakers under the Environment Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 require those companies to fulfil their

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
17 Oct 2024
Answer
17 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all existing environmental permits issued to sewerage undertakers under the Environment Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 require those companies to fulfil their

  2. 17 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Yes, all environmental permits issued to sewerage undertakers under the Environment Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 require companies to fulfil their legal obligations regarding both the treatment and disposal of sewage. These permits set ...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Pets: Animal Housing

14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the animal welfare provision and conditions within the Animal and Plant Health Agency licensed quarantine kennel and cattery facilities.

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Pets: Animal Housing

14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of places available for dogs and cats at Animal and Plant Health Agency licensed quarantine kennel and cattery faciliti

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pets: Animal Housing

14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) dog and (b) cat places were licensed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency for quarantine in each year since 2014.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pets: Animal Housing

14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the inspection regime is for premises licensed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency to operate as quarantine facilities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pets: Animal Housing

14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's statutory guidance entitled Dog kennel boarding licensing: statutory guidance for local authorities, updated on 1 June 2024, how many licensed kennel

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Rivers: Sewage

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to end the practice of operator self-monitoring, in the context of recent trends in the level of river pollution discharges.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Water Companies: Regulation

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will issue a revised strategic policy statement to OFWAT on its regulation of water companies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sewage and Water Companies

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department have worked on teams covering (a) water companies and (b) sewage in each of the last five financial years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farmers: Tenants

22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to establish a Tenant Farming Commissioner.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farms: Valuation

8 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm holdings are worth more than £1,000,000, by constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Subsidies

14 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers with the phase-out of the direct payments under the Basic Payment Scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Subsidies

14 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of changes in the levels of subsidies for farmers in the next two years.