Part 5: Water Section 80: Storm overflows New section 141B Progress reports on storm overflow discharge reduction plan
New section 141B sets out a legal requirement for progress reports on the storm overflow discharge reduction plan.
	Subsection (1) places a requirement on the Secretary of State to publish progress reports.
	Subsection (2) requires that each progress report sets out the progress made with the plan during the period of the progress report, and the progress made in achieving the aims of the purpose of the plan as set out in new section 141B, namely to reduce discharges from storm overflows and to reduce their harm.
	Subsection (3) requires that the first report be made three years after the publication of the storm overflow reduction plan. The first report will be due in 2025.
	Subsection (4) requires that subsequent reports deal with the five-year periods from the date of the first report in subsection (3).
	Subsection (5) requires the report to be published within 12 weeks of the end of the period to which the report relates. Subsection (6) requires the report to be laid before Parliament once published.