Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps she is taking to increase the accountability of water company executives.”
Tabled: 5 November 2025Answered: 13 November 2025
Asked by
Mr Bayo Alaba
Independent — Southend East and Rochford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Emma Reynolds)
Under the previous Government, water bosses awarded themselves over £112 million in bonuses. Thanks to this Government’s Water (Special Measures) Act 2025, water company bosses who pollute our waterways have been blocked from receiving millions of pounds in unfair bonuses for the past financial year.