Water Companies: Regulation
Commons · Question 3398 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in regulating water companies.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 17 Sep 2024
The previous Government weakened the regulators and failed to hold water companies to account. The new Government’s water (Special Measures) Bill will give Ofwat tough new powers to hold water companies to account where they do not deliver for customers a...