Question follow-through · 82208
Water Companies: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the regulation of water companies.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the regulation of water companies.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Independent Water Commission, led by Sir Jon Cunliffe, examined how to strengthen the regulation and delivery of water services to better support long-term water security, sustainable growth, and environmental protection. The Commission's final report...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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