VerbatimParliament, as it happens

Water: Regulation

Asked by Iqbal MohamedIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 March 2026UIN 118407

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the proposed new water regulator will cost; who will pay these costs; and what assessment she has made of the potential for these costs to be passed onto consumers in the form

Answered by Emma Hardy

Across all our reforms the goal is to deliver our key outcomes – environment, customers, investability – in the most effective and efficient way possible to ensure lasting value.

Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →

Open this question in Verbatim →

Every written question, searchable

155,000 questions tabled since the election, with the answer each department gave — and the ones still unanswered, with the clock running. Free to search.

Search written questions →Read on Verbatim