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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the proposed new water regulator will cost; who will pay these costs; and what assessment she has made of the potential for these costs to be passed onto consumers in the form of higher bills.

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