Question follow-through · 90298
Water Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of (a) co-operative and (b) mutual forms of ownership in the water industry.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 15 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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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of (a) co-operative and (b) mutual forms of ownership in the water industry.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Independent Water Commission’s (IWC) final report in July found that there is no clear relationship between water company ownership models and outcomes. The commission states that ‘With regard to alternative not-for-profit, or similar models that migh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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