Question follow-through · 97044
Drinking Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that less potable water is used for non-potable purposes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 7 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
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that less potable water is used for non-potable purposes.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
This Government recognises the importance of water re-use systems to alleviate pressure off the potable water system by moving to non-potable supplies and are taking forward measures to support this. We have a consultation on amending the Building Regulat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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