Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If she will commission an independent feasibility study into alternative ownership models for water companies.”
Tabled: 15 October 2026Answered: 22 October 2026
Asked by
Charlie Maynard
Liberal Democrat — Witney
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister without Portfolio (Ellie Reeves)
It is shameful that child poverty increased by 700,000 under the last Government. Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission. The child poverty taskforce, which I sit on, will publish its strategy in the spring. Increasing the number of parents who are working, and their earnings and hours, plays a crucial role and that is why our plans to get Britain working and the Employment Rights Bill are important in tackling the scourge of child poverty.