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Windows: Cleaning Services

Asked by Rebecca PaulConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 24898

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential health and safety implications of restricting the use of water-fed pole systems by professional window cleaners under non-essential use drought orders.

Answered by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Restrictions and exemptions are set out in the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Drought Direction 2011.

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