The Minister is making an extremely good point. People in the south-west had been pleading for years about the cost of cleaning up beaches and other infrastructure problems, but of course the Labour Government ignored those pleas. It was the coalition Government who got a £50 reduction for every single bill in the west country, which was extremely valued by water customers in the south-west.
Water Industry
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 January 2019.
It occurred during Debate on Water Industry.
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2017-19
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