Clause 1 - Duty to conserve water resources
Water Bill [Lords]
8:55 am
Mr Norman Baker (Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
Perhaps we can maintain some harmony, because there seems to be general agreement that we should include the duty to conserve water resources in the Bill. It is simply a question of how we achieve it. The current formulation does not lend itself to support from the Government. They have tabled new clause 16 for the reasons that the Minister set out in a letter, which I imagine he sent to all members of the Committee—