Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 109450

Thames Water

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Charlie Maynard

Liberal DemocratWitney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the financial stability of Thames Water.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The water white paper published on the 20 January sets out the Government’s plans to reform the water sector and the wider water system. It will create a new regulator with powers to prevent companies from accumulating unmanageable debts and to ensure the...

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