Water Companies: Criminal Proceedings
Commons · Question 4574 · Tabled 6 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Amanda Martin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enable criminal charges to be brought against water company executives who persistently break the law.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 13 Sep 2024
The Water (Special Measures) Bill delivers on the Government’s commitment to bring criminal charges against persistent lawbreakers. Through the Bill, the maximum penalty for obstruction of investigations by the regulators will be strengthened to include i...