Then they went back up again, as my hon. Friend remarks. Under the previous Government the water industry was allowed to become 100% mortgaged to make the tax avoidance work. There have been excessive pay rises in the boardroom at a time when hard-working families have not seen substantial pay rises. That has been very hard to justify and people look askance at that.
Water Industry
Proceeding contribution from
Charlie Elphicke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 November 2013.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Water Industry.
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