Yorkshire: Sustainable Water Management Solutions Debate

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Lord Kennedy of Southwark

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Yorkshire: Sustainable Water Management Solutions

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Wednesday 28th January 2026

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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
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My Lords, I pay tribute—

Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)
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We have plenty of time. We will have the Lib Dems first, then the Conservatives.

Baroness Grender Portrait Baroness Grender (LD)
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My Lords, does the Minister agree that Yorkshire Water, and others, are effectively exploiting loopholes in the Water (Special Measures) Act? How will they urgently be prevented from rewarding themselves for a polluting and failing service—whether it is called a bonus, a retention payment or, in the case of Yorkshire Water, so-called “fixed fees” of over £1 million, on top of a large salary for the chief executive? Should this money not be returned?

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