Question follow-through · 68861
Water: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of shifting from centralised stormwater solutions to decentralised approaches such as rainwater harvesting on carb
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of shifting from centralised stormwater solutions to decentralised approaches such as rainwater harvesting on carb
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jul 2025
Answer published
In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards, making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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