Question follow-through · 60021
Sewage: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the (a) number and (b) duration of sewage discharges into waterways in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the (a) number and (b) duration of sewage discharges into waterways in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2025
Answer published
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. The Government remains committed to reducing both the frequency and duration of storm overflow spills, in line with the Storm Overflows Discharge ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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