Question follow-through · 22216
Bathing Water Regulations 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timetable is for proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timetable is for proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
Defra and the Welsh Government have concluded a six-week consultation on proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, which closed on 23 December. In this consultation, we asked for responses to three core reforms and nine technical amendments ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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