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Asked by Phil BrickellLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 19 January 2026UIN 103551

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has to establish a public health task force to review the incorporation of public health better into the legislative framework for water.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Independent Water Commission was tasked with producing recommendations to fundamentally transform how our water system works and delivered its final report on 21 July 2025.

The Government is considering recommendations, including those on public health to ensure environmental improvement and public health risks are better managed in the water system.

The Government will respond in full via a White Paper, and a new water reform bill will be introduced during this Parliament.

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