Question follow-through · 120430
Water: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the new integrated water regulator for England will be formally established.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Water Companies: Regulation · 17 Mar 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the new integrated water regulator for England will be formally established.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government has set out its ambition to create a powerful new water regulator, bringing together the relevant functions from the existing regulators (Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, Environment Agency and Natural England) into one new body. Thi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Water Companies: Regulation
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reform water companies regulation in response to sewage pollution.