Written questions

Drinking Water: Testing

Commons · Question 26592 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to re-open water testing Laboratories that are Regulation 31 certified.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Feb 2025

The water industry must comply with Regulation 31 and they cannot purchase and install a product from a supplier without first assuring themselves that the product has been approved or meets the requirements of Regulation 31. The Government recognises tha...