Question follow-through · 9780
Thames Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the performance standards he expects Thames Water to meet in response to a sewer flooding incident.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Sewage: Runnymede and Weybridge · 18 Oct 2024
- Floods · 21 Oct 2024
- Inland Waterways · 21 Oct 2024
- Sewers: Runnymede and Weybridge · 22 Oct 2024
- Thames Water: Employers' Contributions · 4 Nov 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the performance standards he expects Thames Water to meet in response to a sewer flooding incident.
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Environment Agency expects water and sewerage companies to take all possible measures to avoid pollution incidents and to mitigate environmental impact if they occur. Thames Water’s current performance on pollution incidents is unacceptable and the co...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Floods
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Inland Waterways
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Water Companies: Employers' Contributions
18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ofwat on the potential impact of proposed changes to employers National Insurance contributions on the financial resilience of water companies.
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20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 on Bridges: Runnymede and Weybridge, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Environment Agency's response to the closure
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River Thames: Assets
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the level of resource required to a) repair and b) maintain essential river assets, including weirs and sluice gates, on the River Thames.