Question follow-through · 21105
Inland Waterways: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on the enforcement of existing laws to protect waterways.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on the enforcement of existing laws to protect waterways.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
Ofwat regularly meet with Defra, other Government departments and regulators to discuss enforcement policy and activities. As part of their investigation into all water companies, earlier this year Ofwat proposed fines of £168 million for three companies ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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