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star this property date less than 2024-03-14more like thismore than 2024-03-14
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Sewage: Rivers remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of infrastructure in preventing sewage releases into rivers. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency York Central more like this
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Rachael Maskell more like this
star this property uin 18739 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-03-25more like thismore than 2024-03-25
star this property answer text <p>Through the Government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, we have set stringent targets for water companies to reduce the use of storm overflows, driving the largest infrastructure programme in water company history of £60 billion over 25 years. We expect water companies to utilise a natural capital approach, considering carbon reduction and biodiversity net gain, as well as catchment level and nature-based solutions in their planning where possible.</p><p> </p><p>Water company investment in environmental improvements has been scaled up to £7.1 billion over the period 2020 – 25. This includes £3.1 billion invested in storm overflow improvements specifically. Moreover, we expect water companies to use the next five-year Price Review period (2025-2030) to set bold and ambitious plans that deliver for people and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 March, the Government announced additional fast-tracked investment of £180m over the next 12 months into improving sewer infrastructure. This is expected to prevent more than 8000 sewage spills polluting English waterways.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Keighley more like this
star this property answering member printed Robbie Moore more like this
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less than 2024-03-25T17:05:18.583Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-25T17:05:18.583Z
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star this property label Biography information for Robbie Moore more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
1696157
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2024-03-14more like thismore than 2024-03-14
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Sewage: Rivers remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to move water companies that do not restrict sewage spills under an operator of last resort. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency York Central more like this
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Rachael Maskell more like this
star this property uin 18740 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-03-25more like thismore than 2024-03-25
star this property answer text <p>There is no operator of last resort for water companies. Ofwat monitors the performance and financial position of all water companies and publishes results on these annually. Ofwat will take action when water company performance is not at the level Government expect, or if their investors need to strengthen their long-term financial resilience.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is holding the water industry to account on a scale never seen before. We have legislated to introduce unlimited penalties on water companies who breach their environmental permits and expand the range of offences to which penalties can be applied. Furthermore, on 20 February, the Government and Environment Agency (EA) announced that they will quadruple the number of water company inspections to crack down on poor performing companies.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to hold water companies to account and if there are illegal breaches of permits, the regulators will not hesitate to take robust action.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Keighley more like this
star this property answering member printed Robbie Moore more like this
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less than 2024-03-25T16:09:36.2Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-25T16:09:36.2Z
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star this property label Biography information for Robbie Moore more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
1696159
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2024-03-14more like thismore than 2024-03-14
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Sewage: Rivers remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide public health warnings over the risk to (a) people and (b) animals of entering rivers into which sewage has been released. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency York Central more like this
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Rachael Maskell more like this
star this property uin 18742 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-03-25more like thismore than 2024-03-25
star this property answer text <p>The Government directed water companies to increase their storm overflow monitoring in 2013 and achieved 100% event duration monitoring (EDM) coverage before the end of 2023. EDM data shows when storm overflows are discharging, and how long discharges have lasted for. The wealth of data collected from these monitors will ensure that we know the full extent of the problem – increasing transparency, revealing the worst-offending overflows, and enabling regulators to hold polluters to account.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Environment Agency takes over 7,000 samples each year at England’s 424 designated bathing waters, which are used to determine the annual bathing water classifications. These classifications are displayed on signage at bathing waters and online on the Environment Agency’s Swimfo website, to allow bathers to make informed decisions before entering the water. If there is a pollution incident, a notification is posted on the Swimfo website and on signage at the bathing water. Throughout the bathing season, the Environment Agency makes daily pollution risk forecasts for a number of bathing waters, where water quality may be temporarily reduced due to factors such as heavy rainfall, wind or the tide. When a temporary reduction in water quality is forecast, the Environment Agency issues a pollution risk warning and advice against bathing, enabling bathers to avoid times or locations where the risk of pollution is higher than normal and health risks from bathing may be higher than the annual classification suggests. To reduce risk to health from bathing waters, the UK Health Security Agency and the Environment Agency offer advice in their ‘Swim Healthy’ guidance, which is available to read before making any decision on swimming.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Keighley more like this
star this property answering member printed Robbie Moore more like this
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less than 2024-03-25T16:07:22.867Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-25T16:07:22.867Z
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star this property label Biography information for Robbie Moore more like this
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4471
star this property label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this