Question follow-through · 21934
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing the Environment Agency with ring-fenced funding from the proceeds of fines placed on water companies for breachin
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jan 2025 · 7 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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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing the Environment Agency with ring-fenced funding from the proceeds of fines placed on water companies for breachin
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Water (Special Measures) Bill will deliver on the Government’s commitment to put water companies under special measures. It will drive meaningful improvements in the performance and culture of the water industry as a first important step in enabling w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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Fisheries
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Marine Environment
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Marine Environment
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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Environmental Land Management Schemes
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Water Companies: Fines
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