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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of powers available to local authorities under section 59 of the Building Act 1984 to require the rectification of foul-to-surfa

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1. 9 October 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of powers available to local authorities under section 59 of the Building Act 1984 to require the rectification of foul-to-surfa

   Source: Commons

2. 19 October 2026

   Answer

   Policy concerns and legislative purview sits regarding the Building Act sits with the Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which gives Local Authorities the power to remediate and repair drainage where it becomes a hazard to health or a...

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