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Water: Standards

Commons · Question 115773 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9th December 2025 to question 97007 on Bathing water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, when she will publish the detail on Bathing water statu

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 2 Mar 2026

The Water White Paper sets out wide-ranging reforms to the water system, intended to clean up our rivers, lakes and coastal waters. The Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025 do not feature in the white paper, but form part of this...