House of Commons – April 23, 2025 – c.1170.1.3
Sewage
Result
✅ Motion approved without vote.
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Motion
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The Deputy Speaker declared the main Question, as amended, to be agreed to (Standing Order No. 31(2)). Resolved, That this House recognises that the Government inherited a broken water system, with record levels of sewage being pumped into waterways;
welcomes the Government’s rapid delivery of its promise to put water companies under tough special measures through the landmark Water (Special Measures) Act 2025, which has introduced new powers to ban the payment of unfair bonuses to water bosses who fail to protect the environment and to bring tough criminal charges against them if they break the law;
supports the Government’s work to secure over £100 billion of private sector investment to upgrade the crumbling sewage infrastructure;
and backs the largest review of the water sector since privatisation, aimed at tackling inherited systemic issues in order to clean up UK rivers, lakes and seas for good.
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