Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 5 September 2024Answered: 12 September 2024

Asked by

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)Hastings and Rye

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

Steve Reed

What has been going on in my hon. Friend’s constituency is completely unacceptable. I know that she has been a huge champion for cleaning up the water in that part of the country. One of the things we are looking at doing is doubling the rates of compensation from water companies when they let down their customers as she described.