Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57154
Water Companies: Pollution
Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofwat’s regulatory powers to hold water companies to account for repeated pollution incidents.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government remains clear that regulators must be empowered to hold water companies to account, which is why the Water Special Measures Act delivers on our commitment to put water companies under special measures by strengthening regulation to clean up...
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