Question follow-through · 2474
Water: West Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Southern Water on improving bathing water quality at coastal sites in West Sussex.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Southern Water on improving bathing water quality at coastal sites in West Sussex.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
Recent discussions by Defra and its Arms Length Bodies with Southern Water have focused on improving bathing water quality at priority coastal sites in West Sussex, particularly those classified as ‘poor’ or ‘at risk’. The Environment Agency, Southern Wat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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