Water Bill

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for his Amendments 1, 45 and 121 on the important ...

My Lords, perhaps I might take this opportunity right at the start of the Committee to make two g...

Perhaps I might quickly respond to that. First, what I should have done when I spoke first was to...

My Lords, I thank the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Crickhowell. I have to say that if the no...

Moved by

Viscount Hanworth

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 13, at end insert—

“(8) Th...

My Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, for his very helpful approach in informing...

My Lords, I declare my interests, as I did at Second Reading, that, like the Minister, I am a far...

My Amendment 95 is grouped with the amendment moved by the noble Viscount, Lord Hanworth. I wish ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Hanworth and the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for drawi...

My Lords, I have no interests to declare except as a frequent user of water and sanitary faciliti...

I thank the Minister for that explanation. She has told us that the market operator is intended t...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

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“(e) the Cons...

Amendment 3 is the first of a number of amendments that we will propose from the Opposition Front...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for tabling these amendments. The Government recog...

I thank the noble Baroness for those comments. She is right that these clauses deal with the rela...

Moved by

The Earl of Selborne

5: Schedule 1, page 125, line 29, at end insert “for th...

My Lords, I shall speak also to, I think, 32 amendments in this group. I am conscious of the fact...

My Lords, my name has been associated with the amendments tabled by my noble friend. He set out h...

My Lords, there is something to be said for learning from experience. The fact is, we have the ex...

My Lords, I speak only because the noble Earl, Lord Selborne, and to some extent the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, these amendments, tabled by my noble friends Lord Selborne and Lord Moynihan, seek to i...

My Lords, I was not expecting a resounding round of applause from the Minister for these proposal...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

9: Schedule 2, page 127, line 27, at end insert—

“( ) The ...

My Lords, some of the issues covered by Amendment 9 have been discussed in the previous group. I ...

My Lords, as this is the first time I have intervened in Committee, I declare an interest as a fa...

My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group. Briefly, I am very supportive of the way t...

My Lords, I support this group of amendments and I have put my name to my noble friend Lord Moyni...

My Lords, before I address this group of amendments, perhaps I may answer the noble Lord, Lord Ca...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in support of this principle. On this occasion, I f...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

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“(7A)...

My Lords, I take this opportunity to draw the attention of noble Lords to government Amendments 1...

My Lords, to be honest I do not intend to challenge any of the Government’s amendments, even thos...

I assure noble Lords that we will deal with all the issues raised by the Delegated Powers and Reg...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

22: Schedule 2, page 131, line 17, leave out “terms and condi...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

36: Schedule 2, page 134, line 6, leave out “terms and condit...

Moved by

Lord Moynihan

39: Schedule 2, page 136, line 24, leave out “section 66D agre...

My Lords, in moving the amendment, I shall speak also to Amendments 40, 42, 56, 57 and 59, as wel...

I shall speak to Amendment 105 in this grouping and agree with many of the comments in its other ...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Moynihan and welcome the tenor of the remarks of the nob...

My Lords, as noble Lords have explained, the purpose of these amendments is to ensure that access...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for participating in this exchange of views. I particularl...

Moved by

The Earl of Selborne

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