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Water and Sewerage Charges (South West Water)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

524 c246-65WH 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Lord Benyon | 524 c262WH (Link to this contribution) I chose to ignore the right hon. Gentleman's earlier remarks about the Government being responsible ...

Ben Bradshaw | 524 c262WH (Link to this contribution) Given the severe squeeze on family incomes, would it not have been better for South West Water to ha...

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Lord Benyon | 524 c262-4WH (Link to this contribution) We could debate that at great length and talk about our reliance on oil, how that might differ from ...

Ben Bradshaw | 524 c262WH (Link to this contribution) Why is inflation in Britain more than twice as high as it is in Germany?

Lord Benyon | 524 c264-5WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely accept what my hon. Friend has said, which is why I am sure that in the south-west it wou...

Andrew George | 524 c264WH (Link to this contribution) On the various alternatives, I know that each one is not easy, as the Minister has made clear. He is...

Speaker | 524 c265WH (Link to this contribution) Order. If no other hon. Members want to contribute to this debate, the sitting is suspended until th...

Lord Benyon | 524 c261-2WH (Link to this contribution) My understanding is that that is the figure over the piece. However, I am happy to look into that an...

Sarah Wollaston | 524 c261WH (Link to this contribution) May I raise the point that the accepted figure is 8.1% because the figure that the Minister quotes a...

Alison Seabeck | 524 c253WH (Link to this contribution) Not in sewage.

Jamie Reed | 524 c257-60WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for those remarks. With his typical generosity, he demonstrates that a so...

Lord Benyon | 524 c260-1WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your watchful eye today, Mr Amess. I congratulate my hon. Frie...

Jamie Reed | 524 c257WH (Link to this contribution) It is an absolute pleasure finally to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Amess. I congratulate the ho...

Andrew George | 524 c257WH (Link to this contribution) It is worth ensuring that that commendation for the work done by the former hon. Member, Linda Gilro...

Andrew George | 524 c254-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend—he has the figure to hand, but I do not. As I have said, it is an im...

George Eustice | 524 c255-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Mr Sanders) on securing this important debate o...

Andrew George | 524 c253-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that her interest is in something far more glamorous than the adoption of private sewers. ...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c254WH (Link to this contribution) It is worth putting on the record the amount that would be asked of each customer. It is in the Walk...

Andrew George | 524 c253WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right. I do not know whether this is area in which she is declaring her ...

Alison Seabeck | 524 c253WH (Link to this contribution) On the glamorous subject of sewage, does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that, apart from the cu...

Sarah Wollaston | 524 c251-2WH (Link to this contribution) I agree completely. If Ofwat were doing its job properly, it would see that that is inherently fair....

Andrew George | 524 c252-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Amess. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Membe...

Anne Marie Morris | 524 c253WH (Link to this contribution) I support what the hon. Gentleman is saying, because the heart of his argument is about fairness. Ev...

Andrew George | 524 c253WH (Link to this contribution) I know that Ministers are wrestling to produce a fair and equitable solution, and I know that this M...

Alison Seabeck | 524 c251WH (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Amess. To avoid any possible misunderstanding, I should draw Members' attent...

Sarah Wollaston | 524 c251WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Mr Sanders) on securing the debate and on raisi...

Anne Marie Morris | 524 c251WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a case for suggesting a cap, which would not allow the 8% ri...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c249-51WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right on that point. If Ofwat is not supportive, we at least have polit...

Alison Seabeck | 524 c249WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to reinforce the hon. Gentleman's point. Does he not agree that, with the current incre...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c249WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In my constituency of Torbay, the unitary authority area now has...

Alison Seabeck | 524 c247WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman's assessment that Ofwat's role in this regard is key, although I als...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c248WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I would rather like Regina Finn to spend perhaps a year in the south-west on average wages. ...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c247WH (Link to this contribution) I only half-share the right hon. Gentleman's view, because Ofwat is the body that should protect the...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c248-9WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very important point, and I made that same point in a Radio Cornwall intervie...

Dan Rogerson | 524 c249WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for all his work on this issue over a great number of years, an...

Andrew George | 524 c248WH (Link to this contribution) One of the reasons why Ofwat might not be particularly effective in protecting South West Water cust...

Ben Bradshaw | 524 c247WH (Link to this contribution) Is not the real scandal of this year's price increase that customers were assured at the time of the...

Adrian Sanders | 524 c246-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Amess. I have not had the experience before, b...

Subjects

Consumers Billing Ofwat Protection Meters Water charges Sewers South West Water South West Charging for Household Water and Sewerage Services Independent Review Social tariffs

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