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Water Charges: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 72871, on Water Charges, what cost-benefit analysis her Department carried out when choosing not to introduce a national social t

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
13 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 72871, on Water Charges, what cost-benefit analysis her Department carried out when choosing not to introduce a national social t

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is working with industry to keep support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. We are working with water companies to ensure vulnerable customers across the country receive support. This includes improving ...

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Animal Products: Labelling

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29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the inspection of water infrastructure in Eastleigh constituency; and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy, safety and long-term resi

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Animal Products: Import Controls

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Southern Water

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4381 on Water Supply: Eastleigh, if she will take steps to ensure that Southern Water addresses the more than 400 maintenance-related

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Hunting: Regulation

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Tree Planting: Urban Areas

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Neonicotinoids

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