Question follow-through · 47724
Southern Water: Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of increases to wastewater charges made by Southern Water.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of increases to wastewater charges made by Southern Water.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population and climate change. Now whilst it is never wanted, bills will therefore now need to rise to invest in our crumbling infrastruct...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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