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Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 January 2025

Debate

Water Bills

Contribution

My Lords, the expected rise in water bills to ensure future investment in infrastructure, so deliberately disregarded in the past by water companies, will fall heavily upon small businesses that use water and farmers, for whom water is essential for rearing livestock and growing crops. Is the Minister talking to her Treasury colleagues about how to help this vital element of our economy with this burden, which will affect small businesses’ and farmers’ profitability?

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