Water Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:24 pm on 8 September 2003.

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Photo of David Heath David Heath Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs) 5:24, 8 September 2003

The hon. Gentleman will be aware of the concern of quarry producers in my part of the country and elsewhere about the effect of the new abstraction arrangements on their activities, particularly below-water table abstractions. Can he enter into further dialogue with them, because I am sure that that their concerns can be met, and that we can have an adequate planning regime that deals with mineral permissions without a mismatch between the mineral permission on the one hand and the abstraction licence on the other?