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Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

My Lords, I echo what the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain, has suggested. In fact, that was going to be my point. Why can householders who are not pensioners or in newly built houses not have water meters fitted during the early period of charging? Do the Government not think it would be a good idea to provide the meter free and let people install them at their own expense? That would demonstrate good faith. As the order suggests in Chapter II of Part V, ““Promotion of the efficient use of water””: "““It shall be the duty of every water undertaker to promote the efficient use of water by its customers””." It would show good faith on the part of the Government if they were to provide meters and let people install them at their own expense.