Thames Tideway Tunnel Debate
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Lord Bradshaw
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Thames Tideway Tunnel
Lord Bradshaw Excerpts(11 years, 11 months ago)
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Lord Bradshaw
Does my noble friend believe that the people who privatised our utilities expected that within 10 years they would be in the hands not only of foreign administrations and foreign countries but actually of the Governments of those countries? We have denationalised here and renationalised from abroad. Surely the regulator should get a lot tougher on these people who are making absolute fools of people who have to subscribe increasing sums to the maintenance of essential services.
Lord De Mauley
My noble friend makes a fair point, my Lords, but we believe in free capital markets.