Water Companies
Commons · Question 4320 · Tabled 4 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Charlie Maynard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that water companies in breach of their operating licence are able to continue to operate with no material sanction.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 13 Sep 2024
Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions. Where companies have failed to meet statutory or lic...