Question follow-through · 108437
Water: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reform to wastewater management, including on the potential merits of a polluter pays principle to fund additional tr
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reform to wastewater management, including on the potential merits of a polluter pays principle to fund additional tr
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving our water environment through tackling harmful pollutants in wastewater. Following the publication of the White Paper, ‘A new vision for water’ , the Government is currently exploring a range of reforms, including ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Water Supply: Desalination
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role that desalination plants may need to play in ensuring the long-term resilience and security of public water supplies in England; and whether sh