Question follow-through · 900149
Water Companies: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework governing water companies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework governing water companies.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
The existing regulatory system has been exploited time and time again. We are putting this right through our Clean Water Bill. We will create a single, powerful regulator with sharper oversight and clearer powers, so water companies are properly held to a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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