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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-09-06more like thismore than 2022-09-06
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Sewage: Waste Disposal more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what obligations, if any, water companies have to inform anglers of real time sewerage outflows into the sea which may affect the quality of the catch. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-09-23more like thismore than 2022-09-23
answer text <p>This Government has increased the number of storm overflows monitored across the network from approximately 5% in 2016, to nearly 90% in 2021. By 2023 we will have 100% coverage.</p><p>Under our landmark Environment Act, we have significantly improved transparency around storm sewer overflow discharges by making it a legal requirement for companies to provide discharge data to the Environment Agency and by 2023 water companies must make it available in near real time to the public. Our Environment Act also places new duties on water companies to monitor the water quality impacts up and downstream of all storm overflows and assets. Anglers will be able to use this data to inform their decisions when choosing where to fish.</p><p>The use of storm overflows is strictly set out in Environment Agency permits. If storm overflows operate outside of permit conditions, the EA will take the strongest enforcement action possible. Since 2015, the EA has brought 54 prosecutions against water companies, securing fines of almost £140 million.</p>
answering member printed Lord Benyon more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-09-23T09:32:03.423Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-23T09:32:03.423Z
answering member
1547
label Biography information for Lord Benyon more like this
tabling member
3792
label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch more like this