Question follow-through · 105127
Water Companies: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to amend regulations on the pay of water company executives.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to amend regulations on the pay of water company executives.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
Water company executives are now required to meet high standards relating to consumer and environmental matters, and financial resilience. In June 2025, unfair bonuses at six companies were banned.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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