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Lord Sikka (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 January 2026

Debate

Independent Water Commission

Contribution

My Lords, the Minister has once again mentioned the £100 billion possible cost of bringing water into public ownership. That is a bogus number, and no Minister has publicly engaged in any debate about it. The Government had a chance to silence critics by asking the Water Commission to consider public ownership as an option and independently calculate its cost. Why did the Government not ask the Water Commission to do that?

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