Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97373
Water Companies: Regulation
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish implementing regulations and updated statutory guidance for water-company regulation, governance changes and environmental monitoring under the Water (Special
Answer
Emma HardyGuidance is being developed by Defra and the regulators and will be published in due course, as will any enacting implementing regulations, as needed.
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