Question follow-through · 92461

Water Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing criteria, thresholds and circumstances under which the Water Industry Special Administration Regime may be triggered.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
24 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing criteria, thresholds and circumstances under which the Water Industry Special Administration Regime may be triggered.

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 19 November 2025 to the hon. Member for Witney, UIN 90063.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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