| Heading: |
Water Companies: Competition |
| Question ID: |
1798935 |
| UIN: |
49453 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4787 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James Wild
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James Wild
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission Ofwat to provide an assessment of the potential impacts of extending competition to the residential retail water market. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-07 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
Ofwat has a duty to protect the interests of consumers, wherever appropriate, by promoting effective competition and does this through the economic regulation of the sector. As part of the Independent Commission’s call for evidence, the Commission sought ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |