That is extremely useful. If the Government are prepared to move at all on this area, it might be valuable for the Minister to hold a small meeting, as he has done most helpfully on various topics in recent weeks, to discuss whether the existing legislation covers the desirable possibilities or whether there is something that might meet the concerns that have been expressed here and would also be acceptable to the Government. We do not want—dare I say it—the water horse to bolt too soon.
Water Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Oxburgh
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 6 February 2014.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Water Bill.
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