Water Companies: Competition
Commons · Question 49453 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 7 May 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission Ofwat to provide an assessment of the potential impacts of extending competition to the residential retail water market.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 7 May 2025
Ofwat has a duty to protect the interests of consumers, wherever appropriate, by promoting effective competition and does this through the economic regulation of the sector. As part of the Independent Commission’s call for evidence, the Commission sought ...