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Water Companies: Regulation

Commons · Question 93259 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reform water sector regulation to help tackle (a) water pollution, (b) water scarcity and (c) long-term infrastructure resilience.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Nov 2025

The Government will respond to the recommendations in full via a White Paper, published later this year. The White Paper will outline the Government’s vision for the future of the water sector, marking the most fundamental reset to our water system in a g...