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Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 September 2026

Debate

UK Water Companies: Chinese Financial Influence

Contribution

My Lords, the question of ownership is not the only security question that we should consider. There are reports that Iranians carried out a cyber attack on dozens of water plants in the United States at the same time as they attacked an electricity generator in this country. I refer to my interest as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. What assurance does my noble friend the Minister have that the security of the physical arrangements is sufficient to deal with those sorts of cyber attacks? Incidentally, the Chinese are also very capable of such attacks; it is not just the Iranians.

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