Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the water industry on reducing the discharge of sewage into (a) rivers, (b) seas and (c) lakes.
Defra ministers meet with representatives of the water industry regularly to discuss a range of environmental delivery priorities for water companies. This includes six monthly meetings with underperforming companies and quarterly meetings with the CEO of Water UK – the trade association representing the water industry in the UK.
Alongside this, ministers also have quarterly meetings with the chair and CEO of Ofwat to discuss performance of the sector and Ofwat enforcement, including on the reduction of sewage discharges.