Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72550

Water Companies: Regulation

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what interim regulatory measures will be introduced before a successor regulator to Ofwat is established.

Answer

Emma Hardy
This Government has put in place the building blocks to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. We have increased accountability by giving the regulators more teeth through the Water (Special Measures) Act with a ban on unfair bonuses, severe and automatic p...

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