Question follow-through · 25549
Sewage: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of environmental contamination caused by sewage discharges by water companies in Surrey Heath constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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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
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of environmental contamination caused by sewage discharges by water companies in Surrey Heath constituency.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill. The Bill will drive meaningful improv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Nature Conservation: Surrey Heath
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Horticulture: Surrey Heath
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