Submitted on Wednesday 18th February 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 24th March 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Bring water companies into public ownership
Require water companies to recognise the full cost of repairing and maintaining infrastructure on their balance sheets and place insolvent companies into special administration, with transfer to public ownership.
If water companies were required to recognise the full cost of maintaining the assets they operate, some would become insolvent. Under existing law, essential utilities entering special administration can be transferred to public ownership to protect service continuity.
Water is a natural monopoly and critical national infrastructure. Public ownership would allow long-term investment, environmental restoration and stable bills without shareholder extraction.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757426
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