United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23239
Water Abstraction: Licensing
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28 August 2026
Last action
4 September 2026 · Answer
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Answered
Sponsors
Ben Obese-Jecty
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4 September 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the responsiveness of the abstraction licensing system.
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28 August 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the responsiveness of the abstraction licensing system.
Source: Commons
4 September 2026
Answer
The Government is acting to create a more dynamic abstraction licensing system. We plan to bring abstraction and impoundment regulation into the Environmental Permitting Regulations, providing a more flexible legislative framework. The Environment Agency ...
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- Ben Obese-Jecty · Conservative · Commons
- · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
- Emma Hardy · Labour · Answering member
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/23239
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1933724
- uk · wq-1933724 · source updated 4 September 2026