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Water Bill

Proceeding contribution from John McDonnell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 January 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Water Bill.

Former Ministers need an element of retraining, so may I say to the hon. Gentleman that he can intervene on me as often as wants, but perhaps he could be a bit briefer?

The issue is this: we are not talking about advocating a return to the previous model of nationalisation here; we are talking about the long-term future of the water industry, which is why this debate is important. My view is that privatisation and competition has not worked, but there are other models that we should explore. The Welsh model of a not-for-profit organisation ploughing the money that comes back into the infrastructure and into quality of service is the one we should now be exploring.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
573 c60 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Water Bill 2013-14
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