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Water: Regulation

Asked by Barry GardinerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 March 2026UIN 123110

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the transition set out in the Water White Paper from four water regulators to one.

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.

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