Question follow-through · 28285
Water Treatment: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle underperforming wastewater treatment plants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 11 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 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle underperforming wastewater treatment plants.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government has taken immediate and substantial action to address the performance of water companies who are not delivering for the environment or their customers. The Water (Special Measures) Bill will provide the most significant increase in enforcem...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sewage: Epsom and Ewell
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Recycling: Public Houses
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Thames Water: Finance
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River Thames: Sewage
31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Thames Water on the adequacy of the time it takes to stop sewage overflows.
Eutrophication: Inland Waterways
25 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent eutrophication in waterways.
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Water Charges: Environment Protection
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Rivers: Sewage
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of untreated sewage overflows on levels of (a) microplastic, (b) nano plastic and (c) macro plastic pollution in rivers.
Microplastics: Pollution Control
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce microplastic pollution from combined sewer outflows.
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20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require the Environment Agency to revise environmental permits to enforce compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations 1994.