Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 5 August 2024.
Charlie Maynard
Liberal Democrat, Witney
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will appoint a special administrator for Thames Water; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by Moody's to downgrade Thames Water's credit rating to junk status on its licence obligations.
Emma Hardy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The company remains stable and we are closely monitoring the situation.
It would be irresponsible to comment on hypotheticals.
Yes4 people think so
No6 people think not
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