Question follow-through · 77733
Water Treatment: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the regulatory requirements of sewage treatment works that serve fewer than 2,000 people.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the regulatory requirements of sewage treatment works that serve fewer than 2,000 people.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
Through the recommendations made by the Independent Water Commission, Defra is embarking on a review of regulations as part of the Government’s wider commitment to regulatory reform.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Hunting: Tourism
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Postal Workers: Dangerous Dogs
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of dog attacks on postal workers.
Horticulture: Peat
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on introducing measures to end the use of peat in horticulture.
Birds of Prey: Smuggling
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Dangerous Dogs: Postal Workers
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Hunting: Animal Products
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on the proposed UK ban of trophy hunting imports.
Hunting: Animal Products
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Water Charges: Social Tariffs
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Hunting: Exhibitions
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review guidance and regulations on the promotion of hunting trips involving species listed as (a) endangered and (b) critically endangered at exhibitions in the UK