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Recommendation 46

46 Not Addressed Paragraph: 235

We intend to invite the regulator to appear before this Committee routinely to discuss Ofwat’s...

Recommendation
We intend to invite the regulator to appear before this Committee routinely to discuss Ofwat’s progress against the objectives of the new Strategic Policy Statement for the regulator which is shortly to be published by Ministers.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response discusses increases to the Environment Agency's budget for inspections and enforcement, but does not address the committee's intention to invite the regulator to appear before them routinely.
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Paragraph Reference: 235
Government Response Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract Not Addressed
The Government agrees with this recommendation. Ofwat is legally accountable to Parliament and therefore the Government accepts that the committee can invite the regulator to discuss progress against the Strategic Policy Statement.
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