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Lord Katz (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 January 2026

Debate

Independent Water Commission

Contribution

Absolutely. One of the key parts of Sir Jon Cunliffe’s report is around the importance of setting a strategic direction for the industry, and one of the things that are set out there is the importance of that ministerial and strategic direction. I imagine that the development of that will of course involve both Houses of Parliament. However, it is really important to understand that, in other areas of accountability, one of the important things that Sir Jon recommended was ending the years of water companies marking their own homework by introducing open monitoring. It is important that we see accountability and transparency across the piece.

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