Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the consultation on Draft information and guidance on storm overflows, published on 21 November 2024.

On the 21 of November, Defra launched a two-month consultation on updated technical guidance on storm overflows in England.

Defra are looking for feedback from water companies, trade bodies, environmental non-government organisations and other key stakeholders including industry groups, research institutes, and engineering and environmental management organisations.

As this is technical guidance on the management of storm overflows in England, we have targeted the consultation at water and sewerage companies, trade bodies and around 30 environmental non-governmental organisations.

More information can be found on the GOV.UK page for the consultation.