Question follow-through · 121496
Water Companies: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards are in place to prevent conflicts of interest arising between regulators of the water sector and the water and sewerage undertakers they regulate.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards are in place to prevent conflicts of interest arising between regulators of the water sector and the water and sewerage undertakers they regulate.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat have robust safeguards in place to prevent conflicts of interest between regulators and the water and sewerage companies they oversee. All EA employees, contractors and temporary workers must submit an annual declarat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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