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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Looking back on that now, do you feel that that process was smooth, and that accurate information was being processed through?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

The key thing is that a lot of misinformation was going out during that time, wasn’t it? Correct me if I am wrong, but the first time that a spokesperson was put up was on 4 December. That is significant—that is six days into the crisis.

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

When the contractor was out, what kind of information was being fed back to you? I understand that the information being fed back to you was not what was the reality on the ground. Who did you have out on the ground to deal with the strategic overview of the water?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Yes.

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Turning to water delivery, that is done by a contractor. Is that correct?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

That it was a bad batch of chemicals.

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

It is interesting that your early communications suggest that the restoration would come back by 2 pm on 1 December, but your internal log showed insufficient storage. Why was that?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Some of the information being put out was over-optimistic about the timeframes for restarting the water supply, and that was the case over a number of consecutive days. Then there were messages relating to the boil notices, which were unclear as well. Why was the messaging around the water supply not clearer, timely an

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Are you sure that you did?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Right. Do you not think that one individual—one key spokesperson, perhaps the chief executive—would have been a better person to put up for those interviews?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

A number of different people were being put up for—

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

It was later disproved, as we know. Why did you authorise that?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

The key thing is that a lot of misinformation was going out during that time, wasn’t it? Correct me if I am wrong, but the first time that a spokesperson was put up was on 4 December. That is significant—that is six days into the crisis.

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Who authorised that statement on the bad batch?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

That it was a bad batch of chemicals.

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

It was later disproved, as we know. Why did you authorise that?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Are you sure that you did?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Okay. There seems to have been a period of time during the incident when there was simply no communication coming from South East Water. There was certainly no consistent voice during the crisis; various different executives were being put up, which did not really inspire confidence. There was not a clear narrative aro

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Who authorised that statement on the bad batch?

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6 Jan 2026Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 588)

Okay. There seems to have been a period of time during the incident when there was simply no communication coming from South East Water. There was certainly no consistent voice during the crisis; various different executives were being put up, which did not really inspire confidence. There was not a clear narrative aro

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