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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with campaigners on water regulation since July 2024.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
24 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with campaigners on water regulation since July 2024.

  2. 24 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...

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