Question follow-through · 117324
Water: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of transparency of pricing information provided by non-household water retailer; and what steps she is taking to ensure that sma
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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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
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of transparency of pricing information provided by non-household water retailer; and what steps she is taking to ensure that sma
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
The water retail market enables businesses, charities and public sector organisations in England to choose their retailer. This market can help to deliver lower bills and lead to improved services. If customers are not satisfied with the service they rece...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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