A Bill to make provision about the monitoring of water quality; to set a target for the reduction of sewage discharges; to provide for financial penalties in relation to sewage discharges and breaches of monitoring requirements; to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for the reduction of sewage discharges from storm overflows, including an economic impact assessment; and for connected purposes.
The Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill would tighten how water quality is monitored, set a formal target for reducing sewage discharges, and introduce financial penalties for discharges and for breaches of monitoring rules. It would also require the government to publish a strategy to reduce discharges from storm overflows, including an economic impact assessment.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move on to committee stage and then to the House of Lords for consideration.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
