Clause 26 - Claims arising out of water abstraction
Water Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Mr Elliot Morley (Minister of State (Environment and Agri-Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Scunthorpe, Labour)
I think that damage to a public body would be covered. According to the definition and the way in which the Bill is applied, a ''person'' relates to property and can also relate to a public body.