Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116558
Water Companies: Standards
Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026
Question
Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat — Twickenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to stop operator self monitoring of the water industry.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government has committed to ending ‘operator self-monitoring’ so water companies will no longer mark their own homework on pollution incidents. We are developing a new strengthened Open Monitoring approach for monitoring wastewater. This will be drive...
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