The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on the impact of run off into rivers from agricultural land, during a discussion on the possible failure of Thames Water and other water companies on 21st May 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, could the Minister reassure the House that should any of the water companies fail, the ongoing monitoring of, for example, run-off from agricultural land—which is devastating many of our rivers, including the important chalk streams in Hertfordshire in my diocese—will continue, that we will continue to seek to find improvements, and that no momentum will be lost?
Lord Douglas-Miller (Con, DEFRA): I absolutely assure the right reverend Prelate that this would be the case. If a water company were to go into administration, the special administrator would take control of the company and it would be regulated in exactly the same way as any other water company and subject to all the same environmental rules and regulations.
The Church of England in Parliament 
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