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Sewers: Standards

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 12 September 2025UIN 75413

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled New drainage standards tackle pollution in England’s communities, published on 19 June 2025, if he will list the stakeholders that were con

Answered by Emma Hardy

A range of stakeholders including expert consultants, devolved administrations, local authorities, arms length bodies, water companies, drainage experts, environmental groups and developers were consulted.

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