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Water Companies: Standards

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 86950

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK Statistics Authority publication entitled Letter from Professor Dame Carol Propper to Seamus Logan MP – statements on water quality published on 28 October 202

Answered by Emma Hardy

The former Secretary of State’s statement on the quality of water in Scotland compared to England was based on statistics from Scottish Water, Water Industry Commission for Scotland, Ofwat, and the Environment Agency.

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