Question follow-through · 116630
Water Companies: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in preventing water companies from prioritising shareholder returns over environmental protection.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in preventing water companies from prioritising shareholder returns over environmental protection.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
A stable and effective regulatory framework is crucial in attracting sustained investment to the sector. The Government supports Ofwat imposing tougher rules on water company dividends and bonuses, so that consumer bills never reward pollution. Ofwat wan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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