Question follow-through · 18326
Water Charges: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of financial support for people paying increased water bills in the South West.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of financial support for people paying increased water bills in the South West.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2025
Answer published
For too long, sewage systems were allowed to deteriorate. The previous Government allowed water companies to divert customers' money to unjustified bonuses and shareholder payouts rather than fixing our water and sewage systems. Now, to fix this mess we n...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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