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Lord Woodley (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 November 2024

Debate

Water Bills

Contribution

My Lords, since privatisation, water companies have had 1,100 criminal convictions and have also paid out over £85 billion in dividends. They charge people for sewage disposal but dump millions of tonnes of sewage into our rivers and seas. This is fraud. Does the Minister agree that rather than hiking bills, these companies should give refunds to customers for making fraudulent charges?

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