Water Sector: Public Ownership Debate
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Paula Barker
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Water Sector: Public Ownership
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Several hon. Members rose—
Paula Barker (in the Chair)
Order. I remind hon. Members to bob if they wish to be called to speak. Given the level of interest in this important debate, I will immediately impose a time limit of two and a half minutes. It is up to speakers if they wish to take interventions, but they can see how many colleagues wish to speak.
Luke Murphy (Basingstoke) (Lab)
On the hon. Member’s point about the failure to invest, in Basingstoke South East Water’s failure to invest in the Surrey hills pipeline has resulted in over-abstraction of the Greywell fen, which is destroying our chalk streams, holding up the local plan, which means that homes cannot be built, and risking water scarcity for existing residents. Does the hon. Member agree that investment is at the heart of the failure and that whatever model we choose must deliver investment to deliver change in all those aspects?
Paula Barker (in the Chair)
I remind hon. Members to face the Chair, not other hon. Members.