Would my hon. Friend care to elaborate on that for those who call for nationalisation? Is it not true that the state of the water industry and the state of the pipes the water runs through were caused by the lack of maintenance that happened when they were in Government hands? Since they have been in private hands, the investment has been put in to try to rectify that appalling problem.
Water Industry
Proceeding contribution from
Alec Shelbrooke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 November 2013.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Water Industry.
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