Clive Lewis MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Water Companies: DroughtsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the steps water companies are taking to ensure drought preparedness.
Answer: Water companies are required to produce drought plans which are a statutory requirement and are expected to be reviewed annually. The Environment Agency (EA) as the regulator request an industry wide annual drought preparedness report every April. This co...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConsumersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for establishing water consumer panels.
Answer: As announced in July 2024, consumers will gain powers to hold water company bosses to account through powerful new customer panels. The Water (Special Measures) Act now provides Ofwat with the power to make rules on company governance, including rules whi...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to update the Greening Government Commitments to include commuting.
Answer: The government is currently reviewing the Greening Government Commitments to ensure they remain aligned with government priorities.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Restoration Fund on district licensing schemes.
Answer: In December, we published a working paper on our proposal to establish a Nature Restoration Fund through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. We have listened carefully to feedback from the working paper and engagement with the development industry, natu...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Restoration Fund on the size of populations of (a) great crested newts, (b) bats, (c) dormice and (d) other protected
Answer: In December, we published a working paper on our proposal to establish a Nature Restoration Fund through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. We have listened carefully to feedback from the working paper and engagement with the development industry, natu...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Nature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he had with (a) NGOs and (b) district licensing scheme providers other than Natural England on the potential impact of the inclusion of species in the Planning and Inf
Answer: In December, we published a working paper on our proposal to establish a Nature Restoration Fund through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. We have listened carefully to feedback from the working paper and engagement with the development industry, natu...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Natural England's resources to run the Nature Restoration Fund, as outlined in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Answer: Defra is working closely with Natural England and the wider Government to ensure appropriate resources are in place to administer the Nature Restoration Fund.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Climate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of climate change on water security.
Answer: Water companies are required by law to publish a water resources management plan (WRMP) that sets out how they will provide secure public water supplies for a 25-year period (as a minimum). This includes a detailed assessment of the effect of climate chan...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor and report on water usage by Small Modular Reactors.
Answer: Sustainable water usage is a crucial factor in the siting of any industry including small modular reactors, and for enabling a low carbon, secure energy infrastructure. The Environment Agency regulates water abstraction in England. The information provide...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of Small Modular Reactors on water security.
Answer: Sustainable water usage is a crucial factor in the siting of any industry including energy generation by small modular reactors. Cooling options for small modular reactors and their abstraction requirements are still under consideration by the industry an...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to monitor the water usage of data centres built in AI Growth Zones.
Answer: As part of the Government’s commitment to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38, Defra continues to work with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology, the Department for Business and Trade and the Environment Agency (EA) to ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed plans to make it easier to build data centres on levels of water usage.
Answer: As part of the Government’s commitment to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38, Defra continues to work with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology, the Department for Business and Trade and the Environment Agency (EA) to ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) governance and (b) performance of the water industry in England meets the UK's obligations under the Aarhus Convention.
Answer: The Government is committed to the effective implementation of our international obligations under the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters. The United Kingdom is not currently sub...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AccountabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department or water companies will appoint members to consumer water panels.
Answer: For too long customers have not been at the heart of the objectives of water companies. This Government believes the interests of customers should be clearly represented and they should play a key role in holding water companies to account on their perfor...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AccountabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2947 on Water Companies: Accountability, when he expects the consumer water panels to be established.
Answer: For too long customers have not been at the heart of the objectives of water companies. This Government believes the interests of customers should be clearly represented and they should play a key role in holding water companies to account on their perfor...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Climate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9485 on Water Companies: Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the adequacy of how Ofwat is carrying out
Answer: As an independent regulator, Ofwat carries out its statutory duties autonomously from the Government and instead is directly accountable to Parliament. The department therefore does not routinely monitor or assess how Ofwat carries out its duties. An Inde...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Climate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring Ofwat to monitor climate adaptation and mitigation requirements for water companies.
Answer: Under section 2 of The Water Industry Act 1991, Ofwat must carry out their statutory duties to further their resilience objectives: to secure the long-term resilience of water companies’ water supply and wastewater systems; and to secure that they take st...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to monitor the water usage of data centres.
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential merits of requiring companies building data centres to invest in (a) building and (b) ma
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Ofwat on increased demand on water supply by data centres.
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of data processing by data centres on water usage.
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a timeline for the review of the water sector announced on 12 September 2024.
Answer: The Government will be carrying out a review to fundamentally transform how our water system works and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas for good. We will provide further details in due course.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a timeline to bring forward legislative measures to end trail hunting.
Answer: This is a devolved matter with regard to Scotland and NI; hunting with dogs is a reserved matter with respect to Wales and therefore, the information provided relates to England and Wales. The Government is committed to enacting a ban on Trail Hunting, an...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AccountabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the new customer panels to hold water companies to account will be selected; and what powers these panels will have.
Answer: This government expects companies to provide high levels of service, both for customers and the environment and believes that customers should be at heart of challenging companies on their performance, which is why we have immediately announced that power...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: InfrastructureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor Ofwat's (a) monitoring and (b) enforcement of the ring-fencing of funds for vital infrastructure.
Answer: After writing to Ofwat, the Secretary of State has secured agreement that funding for vital infrastructure investment is ringfenced and can only be spent on upgrades benefiting customers and the environment. Ofwat will also ensure that when money for inve...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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