Clive Lewis MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Water CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there were (a) formal minutes and (b) formal agendas for the meetings held between Ministers and Water company CEOs for the last three months of 2025.
Answer: Ministers meet regularly with a range of stakeholders, including Water Company CEOs. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring a nationwide presence of offices for the new water regulator in England.
Answer: Defra is working with stakeholders, including existing water regulators, on the strategic design of the new regulator to ensure it is able to support delivery of the Government’s vision set out in the Water White Paper. A range of options for its operatin...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether steps are being taken to provide staff transferring to a new water regulator in England with (a) a single set of terms and conditions, (b) access to the Civil Service Pension S
Answer: The department will follow all Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) legislation or Cabinet Office Statement of Practice regulations as the details regarding the creation of the new regulator are finalised.
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with trade unions on the proposed new water regulator for England.
Answer: Minister Hardy met with Defra Group Trade Unions on the 16 April to discuss how the Department will continue to engage with Trade Unions on the programme of water reforms.
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: MicroplasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to UIN 89500, if she will publish a list of water companies which confirmed the use biobeads.
Answer: As Water Minister I have written to water companies to reiterate how unacceptable the pollution incident at Camber Sands is. Letters of response are currently being analysed and will be used for development of our understanding of bio-bead usage across th...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to UIN 107393, where the Minister responded that "there was not a formal working group for the White Paper", to clarify whether her Department intends to issue a correction to
Answer: The Government’s water White Paper states that we established ‘numerous working groups’ for the purpose of developing the policies behind our extensive reforms, as opposed to a single formal working group for the White Paper. We have clarified this is our...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled A new vision for water: white paper, published on 20 January 2026, how members of the working groups were selected; which (a) people and (b)
Answer: A wide range of stakeholders were consulted on reforms through the Independent Water Commission’s Call for Evidence, which received over 50,000 responses. While there was not a formal working group for the White Paper, ahead of publication the Government ...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Water Sector Reform White Paper.
Answer: The White Paper will be published early this year.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMicroplasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to stop companies from using biobeads.
Answer: Polluting our waterways is unacceptable. It is right that Southern Water has taken responsibility for the incident at Camber Sands, East Sussex, caused by a failure of a screening filter at their Eastbourne Wastewater Treatment Works. Defra Ministers are ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMicroplastics: East SussexDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the biobeads spill in Sussex.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) has a dedicated investigations team to establish cause, pathway and impact on the environment of this pollution event. As a live investigation, I am unable to publicly share details that may harm the credibility of any case whi...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMicroplastics: East SussexDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Ofwat and (b) the Environment Agency on the biobeads spill in Sussex; and whether Southern Water will be fined for that spill.
Answer: Environment Agency (EA) officers have been working with all local partners on the initial and long term clean up strategy and have gathered the necessary evidence from impacted areas. The EA will apply their enforcement and sanctions policy when deciding ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Criminal ProceedingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85834 on Water Companies: Criminal Proceedings, if she will confirm the number of live proceedings which are subject to reporting
Answer: Details about all open enforcement and customer disputes cases with Ofwat are available on the Ofwat website. Information about formal cautions and prosecutions carried out by the EA can be found here.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Criminal ProceedingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to publish a list of live legal cases the Government is taking against water companies.
Answer: At the conclusion of an investigation into a water company the Environment Agency (EA) will ordinarily be able to disclose the fact of the live prosecution from the point the information has been laid and summons granted. This is subject to any reporting ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication for the update Greening Government commitments.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 April 2025 to Question 45716.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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