I am backing the Government’s plan to tackle sewage pollution. Therese Coffey today announced that the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan will be enshrined in law through the Environment Act 2021, making its costed and credible target to reduce storm overflows legally binding.
We are holding water companies to account, which is exactly why we have threatened them with unlimited fines. It is exactly why Ofwat has passed new rules to restrict the dividend payments. It is exactly why we now have the most stringent measures in Europe on water companies.
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