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Lord Berkeley (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 June 2026

Debate

South East Water: Disruption of Supply

Contribution

My Lords, will my noble friend resist the temptation to build more desalination plants in areas of this country that are pretty wet already? In Cornwall, South West Water is trying to build a desal plant when it could perfectly well look at more reservoirs, rather than wasting power—which is in short supply around there—on pumping water up the hill.

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