Question follow-through · 60242
Water Companies: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered public ownership as a potential outcome under the special administration regime in circumstances where a regulated water company is found to be in
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered public ownership as a potential outcome under the special administration regime in circumstances where a regulated water company is found to be in
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2025
Answer published
The purposes of a Special Administration Regime (SAR) are set out in legislation. Government stands ready to intervene to ensure the continued provision of vital public services – through the application for a SAR – should this be required. It is for the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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