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Question follow-through · 120636

Environment Agency: River Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her department has made to a) strengthen the Environment Agency and b) support the EAs work to improve the condition of the River Wear.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
19 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her department has made to a) strengthen the Environment Agency and b) support the EAs work to improve the condition of the River Wear.

  2. 19 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency (EA) works to ensure all sectors, including the water industry, are fulfilling their legal responsibilities to the environment. Where breaches and illegal activity are found, they will not hesitate to hold companies to account. The ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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