Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61413

Thames Water: Nationalisation

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of nationalising Thames Water.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Government has no plans to nationalise Thames Water or any other water company. It would cost billions of pounds and take years to unpick the current ownership model, slowing down our reforms and only worsening sewage pollution. However, this Governme...
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