Petitioner: Angela Flanagan
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
18 January 2018
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
• review The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006;
• produce guidance for all relevant bodies to comply with the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006;
• transfer the Regulatory powers over the Drinking Water quality of private water supplies from Local Authorities to the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland;
• ensure an Equal Right of Appeal in the Planning process where objections on public health grounds are intimated by interested parties.
Summary:
29 March 2018: PE1680 by Angela Flanagan on Private Water Supplies in Scotland. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government. The Committee also agreed to bring the petition to the attention of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee in advance of that Committee's forthcoming evidence session with Scottish Water. Link to Official Report 29 March 2018
28 June 2018: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Standing Orders Rule 15.7 on the basis that there is no support from the Scottish Government for the action being called for in the petition. Link to Official Report 28 June 2018
Written Submissions:
Do you support a change to the way private water supplies are regulated in Scotland?
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