Water: Bills and Executive Remuneration

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Excerpts

Tuesday 3rd July 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble]

Privatisation has permitted us £140 billion. There are so many examples of what the investment was before privatisation. The noble Lord shakes his noble head, but privatisation has made a very considerable difference to water quality, the quality of our beaches and the reduction in water pollution. However, there is more to do.

[Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)]

My Lords, on the question of Scotland, where the investment has to come from government and not from the private sector, could that explain why the Scottish Government have not spent their Barnett allocation on the health service? Is it because they have had to divert money down the other pipes?

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble]

My noble friend has given a much better answer than mine, and the noble Lord is still shaking his noble head.