Water: Standards
Commons · Question 109295 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on the Bathing Water Regulations.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Feb 2026
Defra, jointly with the Welsh Government, ran a consultation on a package of reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 that was open between November - December 2024. In March 2025 the Government published its response to this consultation, setting ou...