Question follow-through · 120292
Water Companies: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial costs to the public between the privatised model and public ownership of th
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 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
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial costs to the public between the privatised model and public ownership of th
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2026
Answer published
The reality is it would take years to unpick the current ownership model, it would be extremely complex, and we would be in the courts for years. Billions of pounds of private investment going in to fixing broken pipes would be slashed in the meantime. Na...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sewage
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Water Companies: Inspections
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her department used in its decision to aim to conduct 10,000 water company asset inspections by April 2026.
Water Companies: Repairs and Maintenance
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of requiring all water company incidents to be attended.
Water Companies: Standards
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of ending operator self-monitoring in the water industry.
Environment Agency: Legal Profession
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many solicitors were employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2008, 2014, 2020 and 2026.
Water Companies: Prosecutions
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for the 28 enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency from water companies between 26 July 2024 and 12 February 2026, what criteria was used in the decision not to pro
Water Companies: Prosecutions
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for the 28 enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency from water companies between 26 July 2024 and 12 February 2026, if there was a recommendation to prosecute from t
Environment Agency: Legal Profession
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many solicitor vacancies there were in the Environment Agency Area facing legal services teams in 2008, 2014, 2020 and 2026.
Water: Regulation
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the transition set out in the Water White Paper from four water regulators to one.
Water: Regulation
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the list of Working Groups cited in A New Vision for Water (2026).
Water: Regulation
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide the names of the members of the Working Groups cites in A New Vision for Water (2026).
Water: Regulation
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial costs to the public between the privatised model and public ownership of th