Ministerial statement on Monday, 8 June 2026, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

South East Water: Disruption of Supply

Lords statement on the disruption of water supplies throughout the area served by South East Water during the spring recess.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 856 cc1122-6
Session: 2026-27
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Earl of Effingham | 856 c1123 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, climate experts are predicting that a super El Niño this autumn could lead to 2027 bein...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
The Government established the Water Delivery Taskforce last spring to ensure that we have suffic...; Baroness Grender | 856 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
At what critical point of failure are the Government willing to act in the interests of customers...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think there is anybody in this House who would disagree that the water industry needs a ...; Lord Deben | 856 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, working as the chairman of a small water company means that one does know a bit about i...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord makes good points. One problem that we clearly have is that there are parts of the...; Lord Cromwell | 856 c1125 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister knows that she has my full support in shaking up the water industry, as we have disc...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1125 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very good question. Obviously, we have not built a new reservoir for more than 30 years...; Lord Bassam of Brighton | 856 c1125 (Link to this contribution)
The South East Water company is something of a joke. If I lived in Tunbridge Wells, I would be “A...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1125 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure the noble Lord is aware that the chair and CEO of South East Water have resigned follow...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 856 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, 84% of proposed UK data centres are in areas already in water stress or projected to be...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
It is quite a challenge, is it not? How do we get that balance right? It is really challenging: w...; Lord Berkeley | 856 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will my noble friend resist the temptation to build more desalination plants in areas o...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
I do not know the detail of the proposals in Cornwall but, as I said, we need to get the balance ...; Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 856 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, a lot of the regulation relating to water still comes from the European Union. Will the...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 856 c1126 (Link to this contribution)
We need to look at it in the round. As the noble Baroness is aware, we are having a lot of discus...
Subjects: Kent Water supply South East Water Outages
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

South East Water: Disruption of Supply

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