questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges affecting chalk streams such as the River Wriggle.
answerText: Over £10 billion will be invested to improve about 2,500 storm overflows in England by 2030, with upgrades prioritised at high priority sites including chalk streams. In 2024 and 2025, the Environment Agency carried out compliance inspections at three of ...
heading: Rivers: Sewage