| Heading: |
Water: Testing |
| Question ID: |
1787369 |
| UIN: |
40367 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4776 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Munira Wilson
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| Asking Member handle: |
munirawilson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@munirawilson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of testing water quality under the water framework directive annually instead of every three years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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 handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
The Environment Agency (EA) samples and analyses local water body information continuously throughout the year. Under the Water Framework Directive, the EA must publish the sample results at least every six years as a national classification inform River ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |