Question follow-through · 97007

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 90952 on Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, if she can outline the (a) local and (b) national stakeh

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
9 Dec 2025
Answer
9 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 90952 on Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, if she can outline the (a) local and (b) national stakeh

  2. 9 Dec 2025

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  3. 9 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Defra recognise that there have been changes in how and where people use bathing waters since the Bathing Water Regulations were introduced in 2013. That is why we are taking forward a programme of reforms to introduce the first overhaul of the rules gove...

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