Question follow-through · 100525
Water: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to broaden the definition of bathers within the relevant regulations to include a broader range of recreational water users.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to broaden the definition of bathers within the relevant regulations to include a broader range of recreational water users.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department is working on a response to the Independent Water Commission’s final recommendations through a White Paper and a new water reform bill, bringing forward root and branch reform to secure better outcomes for customers, investors and the envir...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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