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 enforce Catchment Nutrient Budgets.

The Government is committed to tackling nutrient pollution and improving the health of our rivers.

The Government is considering how catchment-level approaches could support more effective nutrient management, as part of a programme of work to reform the agricultural water regulations, which includes exploring measures to improve on-farm nutrient management.