| Heading: |
Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances |
| Question ID: |
1726336 |
| UIN: |
3588 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-08-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5265 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James MacCleary
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| Asking Member handle: |
JamesMacCleary
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JamesMacCleary
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to reduce the amount of per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-20 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
The Drinking Water Inspectorate’s (DWI) current guideline limit on individual types of PFAS of 100 nanograms per litre for treated drinking water was set in 2021 based on an assessment of existing scientific knowledge. These limits were agreed with the UK... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |