I am very grateful to the shadow Secretary of State for giving way. It might rather spoil her argument if I pointed out that all the current prices were set by her Government in the last price review in 2009. Between 1999 and 2009—between the first and last price reviews under the last Government—water bills rose in real terms by £65, from £324 to £389, which is an increase of more than 20% in the average household bill. Today, under this Government, the price of the average bill is £388.
Water Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Owen Paterson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 November 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Water Bill.
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