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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 29 October 2024

Debate

Independent Water Commission

Contribution

The commission will set a new framework for the future. It will not make recommendations that affect the current price review 2024 process, to ensure that there is a stable climate for investment as that process concludes. It will be pragmatic and will focus on reforms that improve the privatised regulatory model. Nationalisation of the water sector will not be in scope, because of the high costs of buying out the current owners, lack of evidence that it would lead to improvements, and the long delays that it would cause in the process of cleaning up polluted water and serving customers better.

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