Question follow-through · 4320
Water Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that water companies in breach of their operating licence are able to continue to operate with no material sanction.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Water Companies · 22 Jan 2025
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Water · 22 Jan 2025
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ofwat · 22 Jan 2025
- Water Charges · 30 Jan 2025
- Livestock: Animal Housing · 12 Feb 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that water companies in breach of their operating licence are able to continue to operate with no material sanction.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions. Where companies have failed to meet statutory or lic...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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