Clause 9 - Rights to abstract for drainage purposes, etc
Water Bill [Lords]
3:45 pm
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 18, in
clause 9, page 9, leave out lines 34 to 43.
The subject of the amendment has probably already been dealt with, as it refers to the internal drainage boards and their ability to move water from one place to another. My main fear about subsection (2) related to whether water had been used a great deal. That has already dealt with, for which I am grateful.
I want to take the opportunity to heap praise on the internal drainage boards, especially the Lugg drainage board, which does a tremendous job in keeping my constituency as dry as possible, particularly in the winter. I must say, however, that that board feels especially hard done by by the Government and the Environment Agency.
Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.
On resuming—