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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 6663, tabled on 23 May 2022

Question

Dr Alan Whitehead
Labour
Southampton, Test
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of mandatory water labelling on taps and non-electric showers on persuading consumers to be mindful of their water consumption.

Answer

Rebecca Pow
Conservative
Taunton Deane
Commons

Answered on

26 May 2022

Defra, Waterwise and the water companies commissioned The Energy Saving Trust to conduct a review on water labelling comparing the impacts on taps and showers only Water Labelling: Taps and Showers Only Comparison – EST (2020) – Waterwise. This builds on a previous Independent review of the costs and benefits of water labelling options in the UK Microsoft Word - 190626_WESTrategy001-EXT_SummaryReport_2.3 (waterwise.org.uk).

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