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Debate between Joshua Reynolds and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 4th September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Let us carry on. I call Mr Joshua Reynolds.

[Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead) (LD)]

The public will have been pleased to hear recently about the bonus ban for water company bosses, but they would have been equally surprised to hear that a water company boss in England was awarded a massive pay increase to £1.4 million, with the public being told that that was not a bonus but a two-year long incentive plan. What further steps can the Secretary of State put in place to ensure that water companies are playing fair, when those are the tactics that they use to circumvent the rules?