Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 26461

Tabled: 1 September 2026

Question

James McMurdock

IndependentSouth Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of permitting exempt households to use hosepipes for non-essential purposes during temporary hosepipe bans on water conservation.