A Bill to give the Environment Agency additional powers to control and reduce discharge from combined sewer overflows; to make other provision about bathing water quality and clean beach initiatives; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
22 March 2019
The Bathing Waters Bill would give the Environment Agency new powers to reduce discharges from combined sewer overflows into bathing waters and to improve bathing water quality. It also includes measures to support clean beach initiatives and related provisions to protect and improve beaches used for swimming. The aim is to protect public health and make beaches safer and cleaner for recreational use.
Currently at the second reading in the House of Commons; the bill is in the early stages of passage and has not yet moved to committee stage.
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