Question follow-through · 51726

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15605 on Water: Standards and with reference to Henley Swim's announcement entitled Henley Swim stops trading, published on 2 May

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15605 on Water: Standards and with reference to Henley Swim's announcement entitled Henley Swim stops trading, published on 2 May

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    This Government supports the innovative approaches being taken to trial new charges aiming to make bills fairer and more affordable. All companies plan to trial new charging structures by 2030 and some of them plan to introduce them more widely for additi...

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