Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 14 February 2024.
Andrew Gwynne
Shadow Minister (Social Care)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) warnings, (b) fines or (c) prosecutions have been issued for pollutant discharges at (i) Wilson Brook and (ii) Johnson Brooke, Hyde in each of the last five years.
Robbie Moore
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Including the Godley Brook and its two unnamed tributaries (which feed the Wilson Brook and flow through Hyde Park) there have been five warning letters issued in the last five years (2021 x2, 2022, 2023 x2) and no prosecutions or fines.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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