Question follow-through · 27180
Water Companies: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the new Water Regulator replacing Ofwat will be structured; and if she will ensure that water companies cannot play the two proposed bodies against each other.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 21 Sept 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the new Water Regulator replacing Ofwat will be structured; and if she will ensure that water companies cannot play the two proposed bodies against each other.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government has committed creating a powerful new regulator. Defra will work closely with the current regulators to ensure a smooth transition; detailed organisational structure and design of the new regulator is still under development.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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