Question follow-through · 61686

Water: Lyme Regis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of water quality at Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach on public health.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
24 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 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 water quality at Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach on public health.

  2. 24 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Through the PR24 process the Environment Agency (EA) has secured the following work by South West Water to improve the quality at Church Cliff Beach: Uplyme sewage treatment works and Gun Cliff sewage pumping station will be fitted with flow monitoring eq...

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