My understanding is that the water companies made larger profits because the period of very low interest rates benefited them to a great extent. However, basing an entire policy on windfall profits that might not occur in the future would certainly not be a very good idea.
Water Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Roger Williams
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 January 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Water Bill.
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2013-14
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