I take it from that answer that there will not be a full water Bill in the Queen's Speech this May. On the issue of abstraction, the proposals so far in the water White Paper talk about reforming the abstraction licence with an end date of 2027. The Secretary of State has had three drought summits—
Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mary Creagh
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 29 February 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill.
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