Droughts: Emergencies
Commons · Question 56942 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans his Department has should drought conditions (a) persist and (b) worsen.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 11 Jun 2025
Water companies must show how they provide a secure supply of water to their customers and protect the environment during dry weather and droughts through their statutory drought plans. A drought plan is an operational plan that sets out what actions a wa...