Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Adam Price (Plaid Cymru), on Monday, 13 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.

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WATER PRIVATISATION IN AFRICA

That this House notes that the Tanzanian Government has cancelled its agreement with UK private water company, Biwater, only two years into a 10 year contract and that the company delivered less than half of promised investment during the first two years of the contract; further notes that the Department for International Development paid the Adam Smith Institute ??273,000 from the UK aid budget to run a public relations campaign aimed at persuading the Tanzanian public to support privatisation; believes it is scandalous that public money meant to reduce proverty is being used to force the failed policy of privatisation of water supplies on the developing world; and calls on the Government to protect Tanzania from any legal proceedings initiated by Biwater and to desist from using the aid budget to force privatisation on developing countries.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

311 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Martin Caton

David Leslie Taylor

Hywel Williams

Bob Russell

Subjects

Contracts Privatisation Water Biwater Tanzania

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk