Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75884

Water: Infrastructure

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to mitigate risks to delivery of proposed water infrastructure upgrades arising from the financial instability of water companies.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Water companies’ delivery of infrastructure and improved water demand management to secure our water supplies is a top priority and will be supported by our reforms of the sector. Defra work with regulators to closely monitor delivery through annual revie...
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