Question follow-through · 61695
River Thames: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) improve water quality in the river Thames and (b) protect local wildlife from (i) plastic pollution and (ii) sewage discharges.
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- Answering body
- 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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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) improve water quality in the river Thames and (b) protect local wildlife from (i) plastic pollution and (ii) sewage discharges.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Water (Special Measures) Act will enable the Environment Agency (EA) to build on its transformation in the way it regulates the water industry, enabling it to take faster, firmer action against poor performance. It will speed up civil penalties for le...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Fly-tipping: Enforcement
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to (a) amend legislation and (b) increase local authority enforcement powers relating to fly-tipping.