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

What steps he is taking to help ensure untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers, inland waterways and the sea.

We have set up the Storm Overflows Taskforce which has already resulted in increased investment of £144 million and this Government has amended the Environment Bill to introduce measures on storm overflows. Water companies are currently investing £3.1 billion in storm overflow improvements between 2020 and 2025. On 9 July, Southern Water was fined £90 million for pumping raw sewage into protected waters, the largest ever fine imposed on a water company.