Question follow-through · 4445
Water: Cemeteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of burial sites on downstream water quality during heavy rainfall.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of burial sites on downstream water quality during heavy rainfall.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2026
Answer published
Defra recognises that poorly located or managed burial sites can, in some circumstances, pose a risk to water quality, particularly during periods of heavy rainfall. At the same time, we understand that burial grounds are deeply important places for famil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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