Clean Water Bill: Chalk Streams Debate
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Lord Redwood
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Clean Water Bill: Chalk Streams
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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
My noble friend is absolutely right that this is a long-term problem that has been going on for many years. Unfortunately, the water industry has simply not been held to account in the way that it should have been, and that is why we are bringing in the clean water Bill and changing the regulator.
Lord Redwood (Con)
Can the Government give us their estimate of the cost and the timetable for putting in the extra pipes and processing capacity so that we can clean up our rivers?
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
That is probably a cost for the water companies to assess.