A question on #Sewers #PrivateSector tabled by Edward Morello on 17-03-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Sewers: Private Sector
Question ID: 1785372
UIN: 38835
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-17
Asking Member ID: 5326
Asking Member display name: Edward Morello
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Edward Morello
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalties exist for owners of private sewage systems which leak into (a) soil and (b) watercourses.
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Date answered: 2025-03-24
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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: In cases where private sewerage systems cause pollution of either soil or watercourses the operator of that system may be committing an offence under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 and, as such, may be subject to the potential penalties set...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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