Water Companies: Insolvency
Commons · Question 122357 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofwat's successor regulator has sufficient powers to place a failing water company into Special Administration on grounds of environmental non-c
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Mar 2026
As set out in the Water White Paper, we will create a powerful new regulator, bringing together the relevant functions from the existing regulators (of Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency and Natural England) into one new body. ...