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Question follow-through · 106814

Plastics: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Southern Water on (a) the significant pollution incident on the south coast of England in October 2025 and (b) the steps it is taking to ensu

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Southern Water on (a) the significant pollution incident on the south coast of England in October 2025 and (b) the steps it is taking to ensu

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State and I are in close contact with the Environment Agency, which is now conducting an active investigation into the incident. Southern Water will be subject to a PACE interview; a formal, legally regulated interview under the Police an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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