Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support investment in water infrastructure to improve water resilience in Eastbourne constituency.

The Government takes resilient water infrastructure seriously. Eastbourne, supplied by South East Water, is in a ‘Water Stressed’ area. To ensure future resilience, water companies must invest in new water supply infrastructure as set out in their Water Resources Management Plans, while reducing outages and leakage, and helping people use water more efficiently. These plans consider housing growth and drought risk. We will hold water companies accountable to ensure sufficient water for people, the economy, and the environment – now and for future generations.