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Water Bill

Proceeding contribution from Caroline Lucas (Green Party) in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 November 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Water Bill.

Given that the Secretary of State says that the Bill is designed to protect the environment, will he agree to amend the Bill to require fracking companies to have a full liability guarantee to cover a range of eventualities before an environmental permit is allocated? He will know that even if liability is proven, if the companies go bust the costs will still be passed on to the taxpayer, or to the water companies, which in turn will pass it on to the customer.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
571 c47 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Water Bill 2013-14
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