Question follow-through · 13366

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that customers have an adequate role decision-making for the future of the water sector.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that customers have an adequate role decision-making for the future of the water sector.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    This Government has acted decisively on behalf of consumers, introducing a power in The Water (Special Measures) Act to enable the Consumer Council for Water, as the independent statutory consumer advocate for the water sector in England and Wales, to sta...

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