Question follow-through · 59634
Rivers: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of excess sewage sludge on levels of river pollution.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 5 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
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of excess sewage sludge on levels of river pollution.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 (SUiAR) supported by the Sewage Sludge Code of Practice provide environmental and health protections from sludge spreading. The Government is continuing to work with the Environment Agency to assess the regulat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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