Question follow-through · 111875
Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support households with increases to water bills.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Pigs: Slaughterhouses · 13 May 2026
- Forests: Environment Protection · 13 May 2026
- Water: Safety · 8 Jun 2026
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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
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support households with increases to water bills.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
Water companies are more than doubling social tariff support for vulnerable customers and Government is working with industry to keep their support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. We are considering ways to drive mo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support the pig industry transition from carbon dioxide stunning to higher welfare alternatives.
Forests: Environment Protection
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the funding required to restore plantations on ancient woodland sites on the Public Forest Estate.
Water: Safety
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to place water safety campaigns on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms popular with young people.