A Bill to set targets and objectives relating to water, including in relation to the ownership of water companies and to climate mitigation and adaptation; to require the Secretary of State to publish and implement a strategy for achieving those targets and objectives; to establish a Commission on Water to advise the Secretary of State on that strategy; to make provision about the powers and duties of that Commission, including a requirement to establish a Citizens’ Assembly on water ownership; and for connected purposes.
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The Water Bill would set targets for the water sector, including rules about who owns water companies and how to respond to climate change. It would require the government to publish and implement a strategy to meet those targets, and would create a Commission on Water to advise on the strategy. The Commission would also be tasked with establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on water ownership.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee scrutiny and further stages in the Lords.
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The 2024-2026 session of Parliament has come to an end so the House of Commons is now prorogued until the next session begins on 13 May 2026. Prorogation is the formal end to the parliamentary year.
This Bill will therefore make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
