Water Supply

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:14 am on 2 February 2006.

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Photo of Lord Bach Lord Bach Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Farming, Food and Sustainable Energy) 11:14, 2 February 2006

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. Desalination is an important part of the solution to the problem. Sometimes, it is to be favoured over new reservoirs for environmental reasons and because it is less costly. Desalination plants are almost certainly one of the major ways to deal with the problem.