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Written questions by Lewell.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Emma Lewell this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (87)Ministry of Defence (27)Department of Health and Social Care (24)Department for Work and Pensions (13)Department for Education (8)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (5)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (4)Department for Transport (2)Treasury (2)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (1)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (1)

Showing 15 of 5 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

11 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6751, what sanctions are placed on water companies if they do not provide Ofwat with their regular monitoring reports.

Reply

Under the agreed undertakings, Northumbrian Water must provide Ofwat with regular monitoring reports on progress, including an initial report in June 2026 and further updates every six months. The company is also required to publish progress updates for c...

4 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, when does the Department expect the Northumbria Water/OFWAT plan that was due to be published in December 2025, to be made public.

Reply

The department understands that the action in question relates to Ofwat’s June 2025 enforcement case concerning Northumbrian Water’s management of its sewage treatment works and sewerage network. This required the company to submit remediation plans to Of...

18 Nov 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to amend policies on non-stun slaughter in the upcoming animal welfare strategy.

Reply

This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year. We will set out our priorities for animal welfare in the strategy upon publication.

29 Oct 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, whether the issue of non-stun slaughter will be included in the animal welfare strategy.

Reply

This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year. We will set out our priorities for animal welfare in the strategy upon publication.

12 Jun 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ofwat’s recent enforcement package on Northumbrian Water was in respect of overflows from sewage works in South Shields constituency.

Reply

Ofwat recently concluded its investigation into Northumbrian Water securing an enforcement package of £15.7 million, including £2 million allocated to further reduce spills at specific overflows. Ofwat does not hold post code specific data on sewage overflows, however South Shields was included in their investigation and factored into subsequent enforcement: OFF-SEN-25-06-04-Northumbrian-Water-final-decision-document.pdf.

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