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Parliament may question water outage investors
The Observer
|January 18, 2026
Investors in South East Water, which left tens of thousands of households without water in Kent and Sussex last week, could be brought to parliament to answer questions on the crisis.
The firm is owned by Australian and Canadian investors and the NatWest Group pension fund. Mike Martin, the Lib Dem MP for Tunbridge Wells, said investors should face cross-exami-
nation by the environment, food and rural affairs committee.
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