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Thames Water

Commons · Question 69486 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 46551 on Thames Water, what recent progress Ofwat has made in its enforcement case investigation into Thames Water's potential breach of

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 1 Sep 2025

It is not appropriate for the Government to comment on an ongoing investigation. We have a system of independent environmental and economic regulation, and the recently introduced Water (Special Measures) Act provides the most significant increase in enfo...