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Lords Chamber
Changing Weather Patterns and Floods - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) There, the West Cumbria Rivers Trust and its partners have been involving local farmers to re-naturalise - Speech Link
2: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) The increased rainfall will lead to increased run-offs and will put increased pressure on combined sewage - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Independent Water Commission: Final Report - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) All the time, sewage continued to be pumped into our rivers and beaches.We need a proactive, evidence-based - Speech Link
2: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) In my constituency, at least 16 sewage outflows are spewing sewage into our rivers—just picture that. - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) In 2024, 3.6 million hours of sewage dumping took place in our lakes, rivers and seas. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) clause into the regulatory framework, creating a clear corporate criminal offence for a water or sewage - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Water companies dumping sewage into rivers has been illegal for years: it is just this and the previous - Speech Link
3: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) We had Surfers Against Sewage and the filthiest water: the worst water in northern Europe. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) Last year, the EA gave up on main rivers maintenance, saying that it could no longer afford to do it. - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Gentleman’s understandable concerns, the Environment Agency does vital work, managing our rivers and - Speech Link
3: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) out our major reform plan, which secured £104 billion of investment to rebuild crumbling pipes and sewage - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ben Maguire (LD - North Cornwall) the Prime Minister promised me a meeting with the Water Minister to discuss the scourge of constant sewage - Speech Link
2: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) That is even though Welsh Water presides over some of the worst sewage dumping and leaks in the UK and - Speech Link
3: Patrick Hurley (Lab - Southport) the country, so what recent discussions has the Minister had with United Utilities about reducing sewage - Speech Link
4: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) Eighty-four houses in Yetminster have sewage in them. - Speech Link
5: John Whitby (Lab - Derbyshire Dales) Will the Government therefore follow the example recently set by the European Union, and require sewage - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sustainable Drainage Systems - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) Most of these things run off natural rainwater into streams and rivers, and they are just not interested - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) That is why Somerset council is asking the Somerset Rivers Authority to fund an ambitious study of how - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) They help to reduce additional pressure on the sewage system by up to 87%. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
River Habitats: Protection and Restoration - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Hatton (Lab - South Dorset) Unfortunately, most of our rivers are in crisis, plagued by pollution from both agriculture and sewage - Speech Link
2: Lloyd Hatton (Lab - South Dorset) had leaked into nearby rivers. - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) I know how important rivers are.However, communities see the problems that rivers face every day, through - Speech Link


Petitions
Water Quality on the River Yare - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None We now have record levels of illegal sewage dumping in our rivers, lakes and seas. - Speech Link
2: None This will build and upgrade water infrastructure in every region of the country, cutting sewage spills - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Flooding - Wed 28 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) I am sorry to say that I think the Environment Agency is rather more focused on rivers as habitats, than - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Water White Paper - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None However, regulation alone will not clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. - Speech Link
2: None We will double funding for catchment partnerships, harnessing the power of nature to protect our rivers - Speech Link
3: Baroness Grender (LD - Life peer) in our rivers and seas. - Speech Link