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Independent Water Commission: Eutrophication

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 16068, tabled on 25 November 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether nutrient pollution will be within the remit of the Independent Water Commission; and how the Commission will interact with the rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan.

Answered on

3 December 2024

On 23 October, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Welsh Government, launched an Independent Commission on the water sector regulatory system, to fundamentally transform how our water system works and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas for good.

The Terms of Reference for the Independent Commission are available at here.

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