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Publications and Debates

Date Type Title
4th July 2025 2nd reading
26th March 2025 Briefing papers Water Bill 2024-25
26th March 2025 Bill Bill 15 2024-25 (as introduced)
26th March 2025 Bill Bill 15 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
26th March 2025 Bill Bill 15 2024-25 (as introduced) - large print

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Friday 4th July 2025
Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)

Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber
Subject: Water Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [28 March]
Nature-based Solutions (Water and Flooding) Bill 2024-26
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Parliamentary Debates
Oral Answers to Questions
115 speeches (9,547 words)
Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) Yet this month, my constituents face water bill hikes of 47%. - Link to Speech

Sewage
194 speeches (23,532 words)
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Sir Jon Cunliffe’s review gives us hope that a second, more ambitious water Bill might be coming, but - Link to Speech
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) chance.Ministers will remember with deep joy the 44 amendments that the Liberal Democrats proposed to the water Bill - Link to Speech
3: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading Central) I have seen—as I spoke about during the debate on the water Bill—some appalling incidents of sewage pollution - Link to Speech

Steel Industry
73 speeches (20,950 words)
2nd reading debate taken as second reading
Saturday 12th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) payers are taking the hit for billions of pounds in share dividend payments, and a third of my own water bill - Link to Speech

Easter Adjournment
60 speeches (18,366 words)
Tuesday 8th April 2025 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) ever had to walk past a polluted stream, stay out of the sea when visiting a beach, or stare at a water bill - Link to Speech

Thames Water: Government Support
60 speeches (13,301 words)
Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) The scale of the water bill increases has left many of my more vulnerable Slough constituents very anxious - Link to Speech
2: Luke Taylor (LD - Sutton and Cheam) Imagine looking at a water bill and thinking, “This is good value!” - Link to Speech
3: Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) A family of four in my constituency have been in touch to say that their water bill alone has increased - Link to Speech
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) mentioned a family of four struggling with their water bill - Link to Speech

Water Bill
194 speeches (38,576 words)
2nd reading
Friday 28th March 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Clive Lewis (Lab - Norwich South) We can do it better.My Water Bill delivers that. - Link to Speech
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) your patience, so I will move on from the Green party, because the subject of the debate is the Water Bill - Link to Speech
3: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) Climate change is making these challenges more frequent and more severe, so any Water Bill needs to address - Link to Speech

Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025
11 speeches (3,792 words)
Monday 10th March 2025 - Grand Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) I was assisting on the Water Bill in 2014-15 when Flood Re was first debated to provide insurance to - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
137 speeches (9,821 words)
Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We obviously have our water Bill, which contains very strong measures, and I think that he supports them - Link to Speech

Great British Energy Bill
136 speeches (17,763 words)
Report stage part two
Tuesday 11th February 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) This evening, we sat on the water Bill. - Link to Speech
2: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) risk further legislation to rein in GB Energy later, as we have needed to do this evening with the water Bill - Link to Speech

Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
26 speeches (6,754 words)
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Wednesday 5th February 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) hide their level of debt in the depths of their financial reports, where it is unlikely that many water bill - Link to Speech

Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water: Ofwat Proposed Fines
23 speeches (1,416 words)
Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) My Lords, the annual water bill is about £473, although some people, especially in households with disabled - Link to Speech

Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]
115 speeches (20,284 words)
Report stage
Tuesday 28th January 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) Friend the Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne), that money will ultimately come from water bill - Link to Speech

Great British Energy Bill
48 speeches (13,647 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 - Grand Committee
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) However, we must learn lessons from the water Bill, which flowed through this House as an example of - Link to Speech

Global Warming
28 speeches (13,527 words)
Thursday 16th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) climate and weather.The reason I pushed hard for nature-based solutions during our debates on the Water Bill - Link to Speech

Water (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)
99 speeches (18,962 words)
Committee stageCommittee: 4th Sitting
Tuesday 14th January 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) I get that, but surely, there has to be some point to this water Bill, and we are trying to push the - Link to Speech
2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) allow for the consideration of technical feasibility or costs, which would ultimately be borne by water bill - Link to Speech

Water (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)
84 speeches (16,227 words)
Committee stageCommittee: 3rd Sitting
Tuesday 14th January 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) I make that point because the water bill payers who have to deal with that know that of every £9 they - Link to Speech

Great British Energy Bill
150 speeches (47,912 words)
Committee stage
Monday 13th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) is not scaremongering; it is what we have just seen, having spent hours and hours debating the Water Bill - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
153 speeches (10,208 words)
Thursday 19th December 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) I share customers’ anger about the water bill rises announced by Ofwat this morning. - Link to Speech
2: Ben Maguire (LD - North Cornwall) State agree that the best gift he could give my constituents this Christmas would be a total ban on water bill - Link to Speech
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) At 7 o’clock this morning, entirely foreseeably, Ofwat announced bill rises of 36% for water bill payers - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Ofwat
PPCM0060 - Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations

Pensioner poverty – challenges and mitigations - Work and Pensions Committee

Found: The findings are based on a nationally representative online survey of 2,367 water bill payers in England

Tuesday 25th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Yorkshire Water, and Yorkshire Water

Reforming the water sector - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: region who we support with a whole host of support mechanisms to help them afford not just their water bill

Tuesday 25th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Pennon Group (South West Water)

Reforming the water sector - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: region who we support with a whole host of support mechanisms to help them afford not just their water bill

Wednesday 5th February 2025
Written Evidence - Independent Age
PPCM0020 - Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations

Pensioner poverty – challenges and mitigations - Work and Pensions Committee

Found: it either a ‘constant struggle’ or a struggle from ‘time to time’ to keep up with paying their water bill

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Written Evidence - Nevin Economic Research Institute
FDPS0007 - Funding and delivery of public services: follow up

Funding and delivery of public services: follow up - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: the domestic rates in NI are used to fund domestic water provision, the NIFC added the average water bill

Tuesday 21st January 2025
Oral Evidence - Southern Water, and Southern Water

Reforming the water sector - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: England and Wales, in exactly the same financial circumstances, and one may get 90% off their water bill

Tuesday 21st January 2025
Oral Evidence - Citizens Advice, Consumer Council for Water, and Water UK

Reforming the water sector - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: England and Wales, in exactly the same financial circumstances, and one may get 90% off their water bill



Written Answers
Water Charges
Asked by: Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat - West Dorset)
Tuesday 25th March 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that water bill increases provide value for money to consumers.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Ofwat published their final determinations for Price Review 2024 on 19 December, which sets company expenditure and customer bills for 2025-2030.This will deliver substantial, lasting, improvements for customers and the environment through a £104 billion upgrade for the water sector.

These bill rises equate to around £3 additional per month on average before inflation. This will pay to fix crumbling infrastructure, which will dramatically reduce sewage spills and lead to cleaner rivers, lakes and seas.

For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population and climate change. Whilst bills will therefore now need to rise to invest in our crumbling infrastructure and deliver cleaner waterways, we fully understand the financial pressures hardworking families are currently facing. We are pushing the sector to ensure support is available for vulnerable customers who are struggling to pay their bills.

The Government expects water companies to put robust support measures in place for customers to ensure that vulnerable customers across the country are supported and is working with industry to keep current support schemes under review to ensure that customers are sufficiently supported.

Furthermore, the Government expects companies to hold themselves accountable for their commitment to end Water Poverty by 2030 and will work with the sector to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to this end.

Water Charges: South East
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Tuesday 11th March 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of water bill increases in the Thames Valley region on (a) consumers and (b) low income households.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Under the Conservatives, our sewage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers’ money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders. The public are right to be angry after they have been left to pay the price of Conservative failure.

For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population and climate change. Whilst bills will therefore now need to rise to invest in our crumbling infrastructure and deliver cleaner waterways, we fully understand the financial pressures hardworking families are currently facing and are pushing the sector to ensure support is available for vulnerable customers who are struggling to pay their bills. The Government expects water companies to put robust support measures in place for customers to ensure that vulnerable customers across the country, including the Thames Valley, are supported.

Water companies have more than doubled the number of customers that will receive help with their bills through social tariffs, from 4% to 9% by 2030, and the Government is working with industry to keep current support schemes under review to ensure that customers are sufficiently supported.

Furthermore, the Government expects companies to hold themselves accountable for their commitment to end Water Poverty by 2030 and will work with the sector to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to this end.

Water Charges
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Monday 3rd March 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the headline water bill for the 2024 price review period includes the cost of (a) direct procurement for customer and (b) specified infrastructure projects regulations schemes.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The development costs of funding Direct Procurement for Customer (DPC) schemes and Specified Infrastructure Project Regulations (SIPR) projects have been included in company business plans, as set out in Ofwat’s Major Projects Appendix. Funding is set out at individual project level and is identified as a DPC or SIPR (please see page 9). Almost all the schemes are funded via DPC and these account for £2.1 billion of development funding in PR24, and circa £50 billion whole life costs.

DPC is funded separately to enhancement expenditure. The capital costs of DPC will be spread over time and funded in addition to customer bill impacts forecast through the business plan submissions. DPC costs in the main will not occur in the next investment period (2025-2030), as DPC costs are passed through to customers once assets become operational.

Customer bills between 2025 and 2030 will include funding for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme for United Utilities (delivered via DPC) and the Thames Tideway Tunnel (delivered via SIPR). Thames Water customer bills have included impacts from this scheme since 2015.

Water Companies: Debts
Asked by: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 28th January 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current level of bad debt in the water sector and what plans they have to reduce that debt.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The occupier of a property has a legal responsibility to pay the water bill of that property. Water sector bad debt is money owed to water companies which customers are failing to pay off.

This Government expects all water companies to proactively engage with supporting their customers and to put robust support in place to help customers make payments on any outstanding debt.

Between 2019 and 2024 bad debt cost the sector £2.205 billion. Under Ofwat’s PR24 Final Determinations, companies have committed to contributing £197 million of funding to reduce the number of households in debt.



Parliamentary Research
Water Bill 2024-25 - CBP-10211
Mar. 27 2025

Found: Water Bill 2024-25



Petitions

Reform the taxation system: Increase the number of tax bands & abolish NI & VAT

Petition Open - 55 Signatures

Sign this petition 3 Oct 2025
closes in 4 months, 3 weeks

Abolish National Insurance contributions & added-on taxes. Increase the number of tax bands, the first starting at 6.5% for incomes of £20000 & the top set at 49.5% for incomes over £2million. Increase the income tax personal allowance to consider the average rent, utilities and council tax.


Found: Average monthly rent is £1271 whilst yearly average utilities is £1800, water bill £445 & council tax

Stop council tax and water bills increasing above 5%

Petition Rejected - 12 Signatures

Water bills and council tax are being looked at to increase by more than 5% with most families already struggling. The councils waste money every year and water bill hikes are down to water companies lack of investing and paying shareholders instead of spending wisely

This petition was rejected on 27th Mar 2025 for not petitioning for a specific action

Found: The councils waste money every year and water bill hikes are down to water companies lack of investing

Introduce measures to scrap OFWATS permitted water bill increases for 2025-2030.

Petition Rejected - 12 Signatures

We want the government to take action to get OFWATS permitted water bill increases for 2025-2030 (PR24) reviewed. The government should produce new legislation so that the cost of investments is shared more by shareholders and housebuilders. OFWAT should be replaced as part of the process.

This petition was rejected on 4th Mar 2025 for not being a Government or Parliamentary matter

Found: Introduce measures to scrap OFWATS permitted water bill increases for 2025-2030.



Bill Documents
Jan. 14 2025
Written evidence submitted by the Sewage Campaign Network (WSMB20)
Water (Special Measures) Act 2025
Written evidence

Found: Stop public bailout of the water industry (Water Bill Section 12-14) The Water (Special Measures) Bill

Jan. 09 2025
Written evidence submitted by 38 Degrees (WSMB09)
Water (Special Measures) Act 2025
Written evidence

Found: It reflects the anger, frustration, but also hope of those who see the Water Bill as a vital opportunity



National Audit Office
Apr. 25 2025
Report - Regulating for investment and outcomes in the water sector (PDF)

Found: The 2024 survey consisted of 4,952 telephone interviews with household water bill payers, which took



Department Publications - News and Communications
Monday 24th February 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Source Page: New law to ban bonuses for polluting water bosses
Document: New law to ban bonuses for polluting water bosses (webpage)

Found: The Independent Water Commission must now drive systemic reform, leading to a stronger water bill later



Department Publications - Statistics
Monday 27th January 2025
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Evaluation of the Household Support Fund 4
Document: (PDF)

Found: For example, her water bill had increased by £20 a month and her weekly food shop from £100 to £130.

Monday 27th January 2025
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Cost of Living Payments Evaluation
Document: (PDF)

Found: last couple of years (energy and utility bills, food, petrol/diesel, TV license, Council Tax, water bill



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Apr. 04 2025
Environment Agency
Source Page: Working together to adapt to a changing climate
Document: National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: good example of sharing costs to deliver shared outcomes between partners and value for money for water bill



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Mar. 18 2025
Government Debt Management Function
Source Page: Public Sector Toolkits
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Five communications were tested, including a household water bill, a car insurance renewal, and a monthly



MP Expenses
Friday 29th November 2024
Andrew Snowden
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill
Water
£489.36 - Paid
Thursday 28th November 2024
Mark Sewards
Accommodation - (Utilities)
November Water Bill
Water
£26.00 - Paid
Sunday 24th November 2024
Martin McCluskey
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill for London accomodation
Water
£288.53 - Paid
Friday 22nd November 2024
Jake Richards
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill for Sept / October 2024
Water
£19.63 - Paid
Thursday 21st November 2024
Peter Prinsley
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill Dec-Jan
Water
£62.42 - Paid
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Liz Saville Roberts
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final water bill for constituency office - Angorfa
Water
£57.62 - Paid
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Becky Gittins
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Thames Water bill for 12 months
Water
£213.88 - Paid
Monday 18th November 2024
Richard Thomson
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Final Thames Water bill for London accommodation
Water
£77.20 - Paid
Friday 15th November 2024
Clive Lewis
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency Office Water Bill
Water
£52.52 - Paid
Thursday 14th November 2024
Clive Lewis
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency office water bill
Water
£88.18 - Paid
Wednesday 13th November 2024
Kirith Entwistle
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency office water bill
Water
£77.13 - Paid
Wednesday 6th November 2024
Sarah Edwards
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill Constituency office
Water
£52.42 - Paid
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Luke Charters
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water bill for London accommodation
Water
£44.36 - Paid
Monday 4th November 2024
Cherilyn Mackrory
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final water bill for constituency office
Water
£71.53 - Paid
Monday 4th November 2024
William Wragg
Office Costs - (Utilities)
constituency office water bill
Water
£42.95 - Paid
Friday 1st November 2024
Mike Martin
Accommodation - (Utilities)
October water bill
Water
£32.73 - Paid
Thursday 31st October 2024
Amanda Milling
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill
Water
£102.91 - Paid
Thursday 31st October 2024
Laurence Robertson
Accommodation - (Utilities)
final bill water bill
Water
£58.50 - Paid
Thursday 31st October 2024
Tom Randall
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final water bill
Water
£122.22 - Paid
Wednesday 30th October 2024
Luke Murphy
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill DD´s July-October
Water
£127.40 - Paid
Wednesday 30th October 2024
Elizabeth Truss
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill for the constituency home
Water
£20.49 - Paid
Tuesday 29th October 2024
George Eustice
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill [***][***][***]
Water
£129.63 - Paid
Tuesday 29th October 2024
Lisa Cameron
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill
Water
£15.71 - Paid
Monday 28th October 2024
Paul Davies
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Monthly Thames Water Bill for London Flat Oct 2024
Water
£34.16 - Paid
Monday 28th October 2024
Valerie Vaz
Accommodation - (Utilities)
water [***] bill dated 3.9.24
Water
£205.21 - Paid
Thursday 24th October 2024
Harriett Baldwin
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Constituency Water Bill
Water
£52.40 - Paid
Thursday 24th October 2024
Gareth Bacon
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill for constituency office: £49.06 x 20%
Water
£9.81 - Paid
Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Alexander Stafford
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Constituency home water bill Aug-Oct 24
Water
£44.29 - Paid
Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Helen Grant
Accommodation - (Utilities)
South East Water bill - [***]
Water
£0.71 - Paid
Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Eddie Hughes
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final Water Bill Payment for Constituency Office
Water
£89.27 - Paid
Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Kirith Entwistle
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency office water bill November 24
Water
£44.75 - Paid
Monday 21st October 2024
Michael Fabricant
Accommodation - (Utilities)
6 month water Bill
Water
£55.15 - Paid
Monday 21st October 2024
Peter Prinsley
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill Oct-Dec
Water
£120.51 - Paid
Friday 18th October 2024
Amanda Milling
Office Costs - (Utilities)
water bill office
Water
£18.48 - Paid
Friday 18th October 2024
Marcus Jones
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill constituency office
Water
£14.89 - Paid
Thursday 17th October 2024
Andrea Jenkyns
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill - Constituency Office
Water
£24.30 - Paid
Thursday 17th October 2024
Ian Blackford
Office Costs - (Utilities)
final water bill
Water
£94.96 - Paid
Thursday 17th October 2024
Victoria Atkins
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill
Water
£411.15 - Paid
Thursday 17th October 2024
James Heappey
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency Office - Final Water Bill
Water
£134.21 - Paid
Tuesday 15th October 2024
Craig Tracey
Office Costs - (Utilities)
water bill
Water
£23.42 - Paid
Tuesday 15th October 2024
Elliot Colburn
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill
Water
£56.92 - Paid
Monday 14th October 2024
Mary Robinson
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final water bill for Constituency Office
Water
£39.79 - Paid
Monday 14th October 2024
Jane Stevenson
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final constituency office water bill
Water
£5.82 - Paid
Monday 14th October 2024
Jane Stevenson
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final constituency water bill
Water
£5.82 - Paid
Wednesday 9th October 2024
William Wragg
Office Costs - (Utilities)
constituency office water bill Sept 24
Water
£29.75 - Paid
Tuesday 8th October 2024
Jack Lopresti
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency Office - Water Bill
Water
£11.63 - Paid
Tuesday 8th October 2024
Kevin Foster
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final Water Bill for constituency Premises
Water
£51.21 - Paid
Monday 7th October 2024
Chris Clarkson
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency Office Water Bill
Water
£24.88 - Paid
Sunday 6th October 2024
Beth Winter
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Bill Mar to Sept
Water
£120.59 - Paid
Saturday 5th October 2024
Amanda Milling
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Office water bill
Water
£38.08 - Paid
Friday 4th October 2024
Fay Jones
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Thames Water Bill at London accommodat
Water
£262.15 - Paid
Thursday 3rd October 2024
Roger Gale
Office Costs - (Utilities)
3/4 share of Water Bill Constituency Office
Water
£78.05 - Paid
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Jake Berry
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Plus - Water Bill
Water
£1.45 - Paid
Tuesday 1st October 2024
Mike Martin
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water bill - Oct ´24
Water
£32.73 - Paid
Tuesday 1st October 2024
Sarah Atherton
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final Water Bill Wrexham Office
Water
£83.14 - Paid
Tuesday 1st October 2024
Julian Smith
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Yorkshire Water bill
Water
£178.51 - Paid
Monday 30th September 2024
Philip Davies
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill for constituency office
Water
£2.50 - Paid
Monday 30th September 2024
James Morris
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Final Water Bill
Water
£73.34 - Paid
Monday 30th September 2024
Mark Sewards
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill - September
Water
£26.00 - Paid
Saturday 28th September 2024
Paul Davies
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Monthly Thames Water Bill for London Flat
Water
£34.16 - Paid
Friday 27th September 2024
Marcus Jones
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill constituency office
Water
£110.44 - Paid
Thursday 26th September 2024
Kirith Entwistle
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill constituency office
Water
£38.52 - Paid
Wednesday 25th September 2024
Damian Green
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill September 2024
Water
£80.98 - Paid
Tuesday 24th September 2024
Jane Hunt
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water bill-50% due to flat share
Water
£132.66 - Paid
Friday 20th September 2024
Baroness Coffey
Office Costs - (Utilities)
water bill
Water
£32.00 - Paid
Thursday 19th September 2024
Sarah Coombes
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water bill for accommodation
Water
£109.88 - Paid
Wednesday 18th September 2024
Michelle Gildernew
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill
Water
£7.42 - Paid
Wednesday 18th September 2024
James Grundy
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final water bill for constituency office
Water
£23.34 - Paid
Tuesday 17th September 2024
Elizabeth Truss
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Water Bill
Water
£106.86 - Paid
Monday 16th September 2024
Craig Tracey
Office Costs - (Utilities)
water bill to be paid
Water
£24.07 - Paid
Sunday 15th September 2024
Aaron Bell
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Final water bill for the constituency office
Water
£39.00 - Paid
Thursday 12th September 2024
Tommy Sheppard
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency office water bill Aug 2024
Water
£56.46 - Paid
Wednesday 11th September 2024
Andrew Percy
Office Costs - (Utilities)
water bill brigg
Water
£5.22 - Paid
Wednesday 11th September 2024
John McDonnell
Office Costs - (Utilities)
office water bill
Water
£67.00 - Paid
Wednesday 11th September 2024
John McNally
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Thames Water bill for London accommodation September/October 2024
Water
£84.74 - Paid
Wednesday 11th September 2024
Geoffrey Cox
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill for constituency office
Water
£58.36 - Paid
Tuesday 10th September 2024
Claudia Webbe
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water Plus - Water Bill
Water
£223.44 - Paid
Monday 9th September 2024
Gregory Campbell
Accommodation - (Utilities)
London Flat Water Bill
Water
£67.33 - Paid
Friday 6th September 2024
Jack Lopresti
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Constituency Office - Water Bill
Water
£132.63 - Paid
Thursday 5th September 2024
Liam Fox
Office Costs - (Utilities)
Water bill for 4 months for constituency office
Water
£115.95 - Paid
Thursday 5th September 2024
Jonathan Edwards
Accommodation - (Utilities)
Final Water Bill London Accomodation
Water
£41.25 - Paid


Deposited Papers
Thursday 24th April 2025
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from Mar (Part 2) 2024 to Jul 2024, Sept to Dec 2024 and Jan to Mar 2025 [redacted] (200 docs). [See related deposit and commitment letter at DEP2025-0258]
Document: 202410_P_UCPB_31.10.24_BTL05_Annex_2_CPAG_Things_will_only_get_worse.pdf (PDF)

Found: to pay Paul and then paying Peter next but not Paul… I’ve fallen behind [on] my council tax and water bill

Thursday 24th April 2025
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from Mar (Part 2) 2024 to Jul 2024, Sept to Dec 2024 and Jan to Mar 2025 [redacted] (200 docs). [See related deposit and commitment letter at DEP2025-0258]
Document: 202410_S_UCPB_31.10.24_BTL05_Annex_5_Cliff_edges_precip_inclines.pdf (PDF)

Found: A17 Warm Home Discount (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) A17 WaterSure and water bill




Water Bill 2024-26 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 16th April 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: First Minister's interview with Nick Robinson's Political Thinking radio show documentation: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500453333 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: the move to clean heating. 8 LOWER TAXES & CHARGES Scotland England Wales Average Household Water Bill

Monday 20th January 2025
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence on a Water Bill: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400441672 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Correspondence on a Water Bill: EIR release

Monday 20th January 2025
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence on a Water Bill: EIR release
Document: Correspondence on a Water Bill: EIR release (webpage)

Found: Correspondence on a Water Bill: EIR release



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Spring Statement 2025 (Impact on Scotland)
91 speeches (100,350 words)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) of local authorities means that Scots now face eye-watering, inflation-busting council tax and water bill - Link to Speech




Water Bill 2024-26 mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Committee Publications

PDF - Report on performance of Dŵr Cymru

Inquiry: Performance of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water


Found: According to the report, this would permanently add between £30 and £90 to a typical household water bill


PDF - Dŵr Cymrurespondedon 4 August 2023

Inquiry: Performance of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water


Found: Our waste water bill is the second highest at £306 (Average £241) and this is linked to the fact that


PDF - EB08a Natural Resources Wales

Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Environment Bill


Found: The body of the Bill is compatible with the aspirations of WG under their Water Bill.


PDF - report

Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Water (Special Measures) Bill


Found: So, yes, the water Bill is a very good case in point there, where there's clearly read across here in


PDF - “Debt and the pandemic”

Inquiry: Debt and the pandemic


Found: social tariff for water and to make it easier for people experiencing hardship in paying their water bill



Welsh Government Publications
Thursday 19th December 2024

Source Page: Written Statement: Water Price Review Determination 2024 (19 December 2024)
Document: Written Statement: Water Price Review Determination 2024 (19 December 2024) (webpage)

Found: delivering these plans, and if water companies do not deliver, the money should be returned to water bill

Wednesday 17th July 2024

Source Page: Education Maintenance Allowance Review, December 2023 to May 2024: final report
Document: A review of the Education Maintenance Allowance in Wales (PDF)

Found: One week’s (EMA) was like a month or a month and a half of my water bill (Care experienced focus group

Thursday 16th November 2023

Source Page: FOI release 19165: Staffing
Document: Doc 1 (Excel)

Found: Economy Policy Officer38586.038625.02700.0HEO - Financial Inclusion Team38626.039929.02700.0Flood and Water Bill

Thursday 26th October 2023

Source Page: Storm overflows in Wales: report
Document: Storm overflows in Wales: report (PDF)

Found: on how it was achieved) and between £50 and £140 to a typical HD household water bill.

Wednesday 6th July 2022

Source Page: Written Statement: Strategic Priorities and Objectives Statement for Ofwat (SPS) (6 July 2022)
Document: Written Statement: Strategic Priorities and Objectives Statement for Ofwat (SPS) (6 July 2022) (webpage)

Found: affordability for all customers and affordability for customers who are struggling to pay their water bill

Wednesday 5th August 2020

Source Page: Public attitudes to water efficiency in Wales
Document: Public attitudes to water efficiency in Wales (PDF)

Found: less water out of rivers and help wildlife Seems like the right thing to do To save money on my water bill

Friday 7th February 2020

Source Page: National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
Document: Consultation document (PDF)

Found: 66 Consultation stage Memorandum of Understanding, Water Bill

Tuesday 10th January 2017

Source Page: A future demand-led fuel poverty scheme to succeed Welsh Government Warm Homes - Nest
Document: Full responses (PDF)

Found: Help U HelpU is for low income households, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) may lower the household water bill

Friday 23rd December 2016

Source Page: Nitrate vulnerable zones in Wales
Document: Summary of responses (PDF)

Found: Volunteers could be offered deductions on their water bill for taking part.

Friday 19th February 2016

Source Page: Charging guidance to Ofwat (the economic regulator of the water sector)
Document: Consultation document (PDF)

Found: We are particularly concerned about the impact of water charges and the impact of rises in water bill

Tuesday 20th January 2015

Source Page: Water Strategy for Wales
Document: Consultation document (PDF)

Found: Households are deemed to be in water poverty if they pay more than 3%53 of their income on their water bill

Tuesday 26th August 2014

Source Page: Tackling 'bad debt' within the water industry in Wales
Document: Schedule of responses (PDF)

Found: addresses of tenants when they move and, that it was only fair that Landlords should pay the water bill

Tuesday 26th August 2014

Source Page: Tackling 'bad debt' within the water industry in Wales
Document: Consultation document (PDF)

Found: should be amended to provide for a named customer and clarify who is responsible for paying the water bill

Friday 1st August 2014

Source Page: Draft social and environmental guidance to Ofwat
Document: Consultation document (PDF)

Found: Whilst we are keen to ensure that the wishes of water bill payers should be given a high priority within

Thursday 16th January 2014

Source Page: Written Statement - The Water Bill – Supplementary statement (16 January 2014)
Document: Written Statement - The Water Bill – Supplementary statement (16 January 2014) (webpage)

Found: Written Statement - The Water Bill – Supplementary statement (16 January 2014)

Wednesday 16th October 2013

Source Page: Written Statement - The Water Bill (16 October 2013)
Document: Written Statement - The Water Bill (16 October 2013) (webpage)

Found: Written Statement - The Water Bill (16 October 2013)

Thursday 11th July 2013

Source Page: Written Statement - Flood insurance and replacing the Statement of Principles (11 July 2013)
Document: Written Statement - Flood insurance and replacing the Statement of Principles (11 July 2013) (webpage)

Found: If the preferred option is agreed, the intention is to deliver it through the Water Bill, but setting

Wednesday 3rd July 2013

Source Page: Future management of private water supply pipes
Document: Future management of private water supply pipes (webpage)

Found: We are consulting on measures to be included in the Water Bill, which is currently being prepared.Consultation

Monday 15th April 2013

Source Page: Evaluation of the Integrated Family Support Service: second interim report
Document: Evaluation of the Integrated Family Support Service: second interim report (PDF)

Found: examples below: 76• One mother explained that she wa s currently dealing with an incorrect water bill

Friday 2nd November 2012

Source Page: The Water Act 2003: Withdrawal of compensation under the grounds of serious damage
Document: Consultation document (PDF)

Found: Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006. 9 House of Commons Standing Committee D on the Water Bill

Monday 8th October 2012

Source Page: Proposals for a Sustainable Development Bill
Document: Responses 4 (PDF)

Found: We note that the paper accompanying the Draft Water Bill published on 10 July confirms (in promote sustainable

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

Source Page: Evaluation of the Disability Living Allowance Take-up Campaign for Children in Wales
Document: Evaluation of the Disability Living Allowance Take-up Campaign for Children in Wales (PDF)

Found: successfully for Working Tax Credit , and Carers Allowance for them as well as a reduction in their water bill

Friday 4th June 2010

Source Page: Taking Care of the Future
Document: Taking Care of the Future (PDF)

Found: “Having trouble with my water bill.” “Was in debt with welsh water but it has been paid off.”



Welsh Senedd Research
Support for households with energy bills and fuel poverty
Wednesday 6th November 2024
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Support for households with energy bills and fuel poverty - a guide for constituents November 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales an...

Found: Once a customer has paid their water bill for six months, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water pays off 50% of their

Queen’s Speech 2012 - Research paper
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Queen’s Speech 2012 May 2012 The Queen’s Speech 2012 took place on 9 May 2012. It contained 19 Bills and draft Bills. Thirteen of these apply to Wales but do not relate to devolved areas. Two relate to areas where Wales has devolved powers. This...

Found: Draft Water Bill ...................................................................................

The Chancellor's Budget 2007 - Research paper
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Members’ Research Service / Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau March 2007 Abstract On Wednesday 21 March 2007, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, issued the Budget Report for 2007. This paper brings together a range of information, analysi...

Found: pensioners will feel very frustrated by today’s speech, particularly with yet more council tax and water bill

The Queen’s Speech 2013 and the draft Wales Bill
Wednesday 11th June 2014
National Assembly for Wales Research paper The Queen’s Speech 2013 and the draft Wales Bill May 2013 Research Service The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes...

Found: Water Bill ..........................................................................................



Welsh Senedd Debates
13. Legislative Consent Motion: The Water (Special Measures) Bill
None speech (None words)
Tuesday 21st January 2025 - None
2. Scrutiny session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
None speech (None words)
Monday 9th December 2024 - None
6. General Ministerial Scrutiny - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
None speech (None words)
Thursday 5th December 2024 - None
13. Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Cleaning up our rivers, lakes and seas
None speech (None words)
Tuesday 17th September 2024 - None
2. Water quality - Evidence session with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
None speech (None words)
Thursday 9th November 2023 - None
3. Water quality - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
None speech (None words)
Thursday 9th November 2023 - None
3. General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 2
None speech (None words)
Thursday 26th October 2023 - None
8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Full devolution of water resources
None speech (None words)
Wednesday 7th June 2023 - None
8. The Construction Contracts (Exclusion) (Wales) Order 2023
None speech (None words)
Tuesday 25th April 2023 - None
2. Cost of Living
None speech (None words)
Friday 24th March 2023 - None
3. Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 3
None speech (None words)
Monday 13th February 2023 - None
9. Short Debate: Water in Wales: Challenges relating to water poverty and quality
None speech (None words)
Wednesday 28th September 2022 - None
7. Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
None speech (None words)
Wednesday 19th January 2022 - None


Welsh Senedd Speeches

No Department