Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Bodies
Commons · Question 84552 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has prepared an impact assessments on the decisions to (a) merge Ofwat and the Drinking Inspectorate and (b) remove the environmental regulatory functions of the
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 29 Oct 2025
The Government has committed to establishing a single, powerful regulator for the entire water sector that will stand on the side of customers, investors and the environment. The current fragmented approach to water has led to contradictory and competing ...