Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121494
Water Companies: Privatisation
Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of alternative governance for water utilities, including public ownership and mutual structures.
Answer
Emma HardyThere are several different ownership models in the companies providing water in the United Kingdom.Where a company requests to transition to a new ownership model, we have committed in the White Paper that the regulator will develop a transparent process...
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