A question on #Water #Meters tabled by Kevin Hollinrake on 04-06-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Water: Meters
Question ID: 1809227
UIN: 57277
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-04
Asking Member ID: 4474
Asking Member display name: Kevin Hollinrake
Asking Member handle: kevinhollinrake
Asking Member Twitter reference: @kevinhollinrake
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) metered and (b) unmetered households can refuse the installation of a water smart meter.
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Date answered: 2025-06-12
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4645
Answering Member display name: Emma Hardy
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Emma Hardy
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Answer text: Smart metering is essential for Government water demand reduction targets. Defra has set out, through its regulators, that it expects water companies to uphold their commitment to halve leakage by 2050, through smart metering as part of the statutory wate...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true