Rebecca Pow: ..., pollution and fish disease that are responsible. The Plan for Water sets out broad actions to improve England’s water quality and aquatic species, including reducing pollution from agriculture, sewage, wastewater and transport.
Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools recorded a sewage leak in each year since 2019.
Munira Wilson: ...it across London to the Lea Valley reservoir during times of drought. To replace that fresh water, Thames Water plans to pump millions upon millions of litres of treated effluent from Mogden sewage treatment works into the river at Teddington. That is millions upon millions of litres of treated sewage being dumped every day—not just in times of drought, but every day—into a tranquil...
Dan Carden: ...of neglect of public services across the country. After 13 years of a Conservative-led Government, Britain is falling apart. Our NHS is on the verge of collapse, our railways are in chaos, raw sewage is being pumped into our rivers, and housing is unaffordable and insecure. My constituents say, election after election, that enough is enough. I hope the rest of the country will follow suit...
Rebecca Pow: The Plan for Water sets out broad actions to improve England’s water quality, including reducing pollution from agriculture, sewage, wastewater and transport. These actions include specific targeted policies to improve the water quality of artificial and heavily modified water bodies, which includes canals, to mitigate the impact of modifications on the environment.
Rachel Maclean: ...59 prosecutions against water and sewerage companies, securing £150 million in fines. The regulators have recently launched the largest criminal and civil investigations into water company sewage. We are taking action against water companies to protect our rivers, leave the environment in a better state than we found it, and build the affordable houses that the country so desperately...
Alex Cole-Hamilton: ...from Greece to Hawaii, no one needs reminders of the urgency of avoiding global boiling. I turn to our natural environment. Many times, in this chamber, I have raised the increasing problem of sewage in our rivers and on our beaches. I am disappointed to have heard nothing on that subject from the First Minister today. We do not even know the full extent of the problem, because only a...
Rebecca Pow: ...23 increased to £96 million from £56 million in 2020/21. This is due to the addition of new money ring-fenced for specific activities, notably more EA inspections of farms - 4,000 per annum - and sewage treatment works - 500 per annum.
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts: ..., and therefore an urban soul. She wrote in the Times a couple of weeks ago “For, really, what victory has been gained if our country is one of the wealthiest in the world but our rivers are too sewage-riddled to swim in, our dawns stripped of the dawn chorus, and our children can reach university age without having heard a spring cuckoo, seen a swallow in flight or a hedgehog trundle...
Lord Moynihan: ..., and Gloucestershire. The River Wye is ill; it is in poor health. Local practices, many uncontrolled, are impacting the ecosystems, and global warming compounds their damaging effect. Treated sewage is discharged into the river and combines with run-off from farms. When combined with rising temperatures, conditions become perfect for algal blooms, which limit oxygen levels in the river...
Anna Firth: ...Dutton, Bob Hazell and 14-year-old Maryse Fisher, with many others to come. Of course, that is not all. In time-honoured fashion, I must also recognise the work of the Bluetits, Southend Against Sewage and all 29 of our local headteachers. With 28 of our 29 schools being good or outstanding, I welcome wholeheartedly the £78.6 billion of record funding for our schools.
Fleur Anderson: ...crisis; cladding; discrimination; young carers; early years services; youth services; special educational needs; tackling crime; cleaning up our air; the NHS; saving bus routes; and dealing with sewage in rivers. We saved some allotments in Southfields from being developed on. We are campaigning for a lift for East Putney station. We are also seeking to reopen Hammersmith bridge—yes, it...
Rebecca Pow: ...11 water companies, which is being refunded to customers this year. Additionally, Ofwat has also opened a major enforcement investigation into 6 water companies regarding their compliance at sewage treatment works. The Government has backed steps to strengthen Ofwat’s enforcement powers. In March 2023, Ofwat were able to strengthen its ability to stop water companies making dividend...
Neil Hudson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ofwat on the enforcement of regulations relating to storm overflows.
Baroness Pinnock: ...from aquifers. The amount of water taken from aquifers obviously then impacts on the flow in chalk streams, which is essential for their protection. What I want to say about pollution from sewage overflow discharge is this. About 150 years ago there was a Conservative Prime Minister in this country who had a policy of sewage. That is exactly what this country needs now. A Conservative...
Therese Coffey: .... When we came into office, if there had been a version of Labour’s famous “There is no money left” note lying at DEFRA’s door, it would have said, “You’re being sued by Europe because sewage is being discharged and we have done nothing about it.” That is what Labour did. The Labour Government knew what was happening and they did nothing to stop it. For the avoidance of...
Matthew Pennycook: ...deserve far more certainty about the circumstances in which communal areas and amenities on privately owned estates should be adopted by local authorities, and by water companies in the case of sewage infrastructure, and the timescales within which such adoption should take place. Let me be clear that we sympathise with local authorities that are reluctant to adopt roads and common...
Jim McMahon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries of 6 July 2023, Official Report, column 921, if she will publish all water company storm overflow plans that she has received in full.
Graham Stuart: Biomass is eligible for the current Contracts for Difference Scheme for specific technologies including anaerobic digestion (above 5MW), landfill gas, sewage gas, advanced conversion technologies, energy from waste with combined heat and power and dedicated biomass plants with combined heat and power. Allocation Round 5 (AR5) opened in March 2023 for new projects with delivery years of...
Jenny Rathbone: ...for enriching our soils and improving the growing environment. So, in your conversations with Welsh Water, I wondered if you could talk to them about how we improve the handling of waste in our sewage plants, so we can have more of what they produce sold for the benefit of the country, and less of it—much less of it—going into our rivers and seas.
