Water Company Performance

Mick Whitley Excerpts
Tuesday 21st February 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mick Whitley Portrait Mick Whitley (Birkenhead) (Lab)
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The scale of the mismanagement of our nation’s water resources under the stewardship of the private water companies is far greater than that of the appalling disregard for our precious beaches and waters. Sir James Bevan has warned that much of the country is now staring into “the jaws of death”—the point at which we will not have enough water to meet our needs. Last summer demonstrated just how ill-equipped the water companies are to deal with protracted periods of extreme heat. Does the Minister agree that the most effective way of tackling water insecurity is to create an integrated publicly owned water supplier serving the whole of England?

Rebecca Pow Portrait Rebecca Pow
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The answer is no.