River Pollution - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:57 pm on 10 November 2025.

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Photo of Baroness Boycott Baroness Boycott Crossbench 2:57, 10 November 2025

My Lords, there was a report last week in the Guardian about the operators of intensive chicken and pig units that are apparently withholding their emissions data from the public. Would the Government now follow the recommendations of the Government’s 2022 and 2023 Environmental Audit Committee inquiries and adopt a presumption against expanding intensive chicken and pig production in polluted catchments until there is a plan as to how to reduce the amount of pollution we already get, which is estimated at 70% in the River Wye from the chicken farms alone?