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Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ofwat to be abolished in biggest overhaul of water since privatisation, published on 21 July 2025, whether the new water regul

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
10 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ofwat to be abolished in biggest overhaul of water since privatisation, published on 21 July 2025, whether the new water regul

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    This Government has confirmed that it will abolish Ofwat and bring water functions from four different regulators into one – a single regulator responsible for the entire water sector. Until the single water regulator is fully established, the existing re...

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