A question on #Sewage #Pollution tabled by Ben Maguire on 30-06-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Sewage: Pollution
Question ID: 1817874
UIN: 63847
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-30
Asking Member ID: 5350
Asking Member display name: Ben Maguire
Asking Member handle: BenMaguireNC
Asking Member Twitter reference: @BenMaguireNC
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people who fall ill from sewage pollution-related causes in Cornwall.
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Date answered: 2025-07-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4645
Answering Member display name: Emma Hardy
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Emma Hardy
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Answer text: We are putting water companies under special measures through our landmark Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act has introduced new powers to ban the payment of bonuses for polluting water bosses and bring criminal charges against law breakers and made it...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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