Question follow-through · 60777
Inland Waterways: Nitrates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the levels of nitrates in English waterways.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the levels of nitrates in English waterways.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2025
Answer published
The levels of pollution in our waters, including nitrates, are unacceptable. We are prioritising cleaning up our waters. We are reviewing the Environmental Improvement Plan and will create a new, statutory plan for how the department will protect and rest...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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