Question follow-through · 86950
Water Companies: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK Statistics Authority publication entitled Letter from Professor Dame Carol Propper to Seamus Logan MP – statements on water quality published on 28 October 202
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK Statistics Authority publication entitled Letter from Professor Dame Carol Propper to Seamus Logan MP – statements on water quality published on 28 October 202
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The former Secretary of State’s statement on the quality of water in Scotland compared to England was based on statistics from Scottish Water, Water Industry Commission for Scotland, Ofwat, and the Environment Agency.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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