Question follow-through · 10066

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure new houses are only built where there is sufficient (a) water supply and (b) sewage treatment.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure new houses are only built where there is sufficient (a) water supply and (b) sewage treatment.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 9948 on 23 October 2024.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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