Mims Davies

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

Speaking in the House of Commons on 20 January 2026

Debate

Water (Special Measures) Act 2025: Enforcement

Contribution

The hon. Gentleman is making a speech that I feel I could make. I feel deep sorrow for him and for his constituents. Given the amount of outages, it is very surprising that the crisis communication does not get any better. Water companies should be experts in it, but are clearly not. My concern is that even when we give them information that we believe is true, when they offer information back it very often is not true. I have asked, “Has the water station that you’ve said has been set up in my patch actually opened?”, and got the answer, “Yes.” I then told people in good faith but it turned out it had not. That is a fundamental problem, is it not?

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