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Water Companies: Regulation

Commons · Question 72550 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Rachel Gilmour

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what interim regulatory measures will be introduced before a successor regulator to Ofwat is established.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025

This Government has put in place the building blocks to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. We have increased accountability by giving the regulators more teeth through the Water (Special Measures) Act with a ban on unfair bonuses, severe and automatic p...