Question follow-through · 28936
Reservoirs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase reservoir infrastructure to mitigate potential extreme summer weather.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase reservoir infrastructure to mitigate potential extreme summer weather.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is pushing ahead with reforms to the water sector under our Plan for Change, which includes £104 billion of private investment, including £8 billion dedicated to improved drought planning, long-term water resource management and the deliver...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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