Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 3398

Water Companies: Regulation

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in regulating water companies.

Answer

Emma Hardy

The previous Government weakened the regulators and failed to hold water companies to account. The new Government’s water (Special Measures) Bill will give Ofwat tough new powers to hold water companies to account where they do not deliver for customers a...

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