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Lord Sentamu (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 June 2026

Debate

Thames Water

Contribution

My Lords, if Thames Water was a school, it would already have been put under special measures. You would not wait. As the noble Lord, Lord Birt, said, the regulation by Ofwat has been woeful. Is it still involved? Is it going to wake up to the fact that under its watch Thames Water has got to where it has? Something more drastic needs to be done. I do not trust those who have been doing the regulation to continue doing it, because it has been absolutely woeful. I lived in the Thames area for nearly 27 years, so I knew a little bit of what was going on. Now that I am in Berwick-upon-Tweed, I am very grateful that our water is doing much better.

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