Sewage Discharge Reduction: Water Company Investment

Part of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at on 20 March 2025.

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Photo of Steve Reed Steve Reed The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Absolutely. That is why we have passed—and my hon. Friend will have voted for—the Water (Special Measures) Act, which gives the regulator the power they need to hold those water bosses to account so that instead of paying themselves multimillion-pound bonuses they do not deserve, that money is spent where it should be spent: on fixing our broken sewage system, so that we can cut the sewage flows that are polluting our rivers up and down the country.