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Reservoirs: Wales

Lords · Question HL7551 · Tabled 15 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Wigley

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Katz on 14 May (HL Deb col 2181), which powers the Welsh Government and Senedd Cymru have over the construction and extension of reservoirs in Wales for the supply of water to English conurba

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 21 May 2025

Both the UK Government and Welsh Government’s should act in accordance with the Intergovernmental Protocol on Water Resources, Water Supply and Water Quality in having regard to the interests of water consumers on the other side of the border in the exerc...