Question follow-through · 48807
Pollution: Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of polluted rivers on public health.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of polluted rivers on public health.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
The Department is currently undertaking work to assess the human health impacts associated with recreational activities in inland waterways such as rivers.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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