Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 100296

Water

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Andy Slaughter

LabourHammersmith and Chiswick

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to release the White Paper on water reform in January 2026.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Government will respond to the Independent Water Commission’s final recommendations in full via a White Paper shortly and a new water reform bill, bringing forward root and branch reform to secure better outcomes for customers, investors and the envir...

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