Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Richard Burden (Labour), on Monday, 18 April 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 71 members in total.

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WATER INDUSTRY PROFITS AND CHARGES

That this House condemns water companies for overcharging customers by ??280 million for infra-structure renewals which have not yet been carried out as revealed by the Independent on Sunday; believes that this is another example of the way privatisation of the water industry has been geared to ensure big profits at the expense of consumers and the environment; and further believes that it is unacceptable that OFWAT has proved ineffectual in upholding the interests of consumers, that the position of the Director-General of OFWAT is now untenable and that the present structure of OFWAT must be replaced by a regulator truly independent of the privatised water industry.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1038 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Ofwat Water charges Water companies

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk