Question follow-through · 68337
Water Companies: Accountability
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure water companies are accountable to their users.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure water companies are accountable to their users.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government’s Water (Special Measures) Act provide the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving them the teeth they need to take tougher action against water companies in the next investment period. The Act...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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National Farmers Union
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the statutory basis for the Department's engagement with the National Farmers Union on farming issues.