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Water: Environment Protection

Commons · Question 53399 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 May 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to amend the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 May 2025

In October 2024 the UK and Welsh Government launched an Independent Commission into the water sector regulatory system, this is the third stage of the Government’s water strategy and is the largest review of the industry since privatisation.The Commission...