Call for evidence outcome

Call for evidence: proposed reform of the water special merger regime

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 17 May 2012
• Last updated: 9 July 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This call for evidence has closed

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Summary of responses

PDF, 71 KB, 12 pages

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Detail of outcome

Twelve responses were received. Also included with the summary of responses is feedback from two work-shops that were held in the summer as part of this evidence gathering exercise.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

This "Call for Evidence" seeks views and evidence on proposed changes to the water Special Merger Regime.

This call for evidence ran from
17 May 2012 to 11:45pm on 28 June 2012

Call for evidence description

This “Call for Evidence” sought views and evidence on proposed changes to the water Special Merger Regime. In particular, we sought views and evidence on proposals to increase the threshold at which mergers between water and sewerage companies are automatically referred by the Office of Fair Trading to the Competition Commission from the current level of £10m.

The Call for Evidence was aimed at Water and Sewerage Companies in England and Wales.

Further information

• Water

Documents

Call for Evidence letter

PDF, 91.5 KB, 2 pages

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Call for Evidence document

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List of organisations / individuals invited to comment

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Published 17 May 2012
Last updated 9 July 2013 + show all updates

1. 9 July 2013

   Published summary of responses

2. 17 May 2012

   First published.