Question follow-through · 103551

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has to establish a public health task force to review the incorporation of public health better into the legislative framework for water.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
8 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 6 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has to establish a public health task force to review the incorporation of public health better into the legislative framework for water.

  2. 8 Jan 2026

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  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Independent Water Commission was tasked with producing recommendations to fundamentally transform how our water system works and delivered its final report on 21 July 2025. The Government is considering recommendations, including those on public healt...

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