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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges into the River Trent and its tributaries in Nottinghamshire; and how the Government is holding water companies accountable for improving water quality and reducing pollution incidents.

Through the Sewage Overflow Programme the Environment Agency has required the water company to implement 38 projects to address overflow issues on the Trent.