Question follow-through · 30811
Water: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Southern Water on steps to improve water quality in the South East.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Southern Water on steps to improve water quality in the South East.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
In the first week of office, the Secretary of State and I met water companies’ chief executives, including Southern Water, where they signed up to a tough set of initial measures for reform, including on putting customers and the environment at the heart ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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