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Earl Russell (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed reply. I recognise that, as he says, things are happening in this space, but more needs to happen. He regarded as a mark of success the fact that six companies have had their bonuses suspended; actually, I see it more as a mark of failure. That we are still having to place these impositions on the water companies and are still not getting full compliance shows the limit of what we are able to achieve. As the Minister said, we can return to this at a later date, and I do not mean to do that now. I just say to the Official Opposition that mine are not arbitrary targets; they are taken from Ofwat and the regulations. But with that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

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