Question follow-through · 61388
Rivers: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms to reduce pollution by water companies in local rivers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms to reduce pollution by water companies in local rivers.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Water (Special Measures) Act (WSMA) provides the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving the teeth they need to take tougher action against water companies. A record 81 criminal investigations into water ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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