questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) the timely availability of pollution data, (b) that water companies are held to account for sewage discharges and (c) that improvements to storm overflow infrastructure are prioritised.
answerText: For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. We are putting water companies under special measures through our landmark Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act has introduced new powers to ban ...
heading: Water: Pollution