Water Treatment: Camelford
Commons · Question 97450 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will consider the potential merits of a financial (a) redress or (b) scheme, for those affected by the Lowermoor Water Poisoning incident.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 11 Dec 2025
The Lowermoor incident has previously been investigated, and the most recent report by the Committee on Toxicity was published in 2013. Subsequent legislative changes have created an independent regulator for drinking water quality, which must, by law, be...