Lord Trimble: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation has the power to regulate disposals of land under Article 217 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 on the coming into operation of that article; and, if not, on what date the authority will acquire such power.
Lord Trimble: ...Her Majesty's Government: On what terms the Department for Regional Development in Northern Ireland intends to make the general authorisation for disposal of land under Article 217 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 referred to by Lord Rooker on 11 December (HL Deb, col. 1377).
Lord Trimble: ...consultation, and the repeated request of the Committee on the Programme for Government of the Northern Ireland Assembly that the legislation should be deferred, declines to approve the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006".—(Lord Trimble.)
Lord Trimble: ...consultation, and the repeated request of the Committee on the Programme for Government of the Northern Ireland Assembly that the legislation should be deferred, declines to approve the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006".
Rt Hon David Trimble: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the Government's Reform of Water and Sewerage Services in Northern Ireland on (a) the elderly and (b) those who have elderly dependants, based on each of the broad policy options.
Rt Hon David Trimble: ...Ireland what methodology was used to form the equality impact assessment's view that (a) Protestants and (b) Unionists are likely to bear a disproportionately greater burden of the domestic and sewerage bill under the Government Reform of Water and Sewerage Services; by what percentage he estimates they will be disproportionately affected; and by how much he estimates this would affect the...
Rt Hon David Trimble: ...infrastructure projects on 2 July. The initial allocations will secure significant progress on projects including the regional cancer centre; the widening of the M1; improved investment in water, sewerage and road infrastructure and the replacement of 20% of mobile classrooms. The consultation exercise has been based on the Executive paper ‘Financing our Future’. The reinvestment and...
Rt Hon David Trimble: ...quality of care that is needed. Only if there is an end to poor-quality classrooms can we provide the environment for good-quality teaching and learning. Only when crumbling or inadequate water and sewerage systems are replaced can we be confident that Northern Ireland has safe water and a clean environment. The need to improve our infrastructure unites all Assembly parties and all our...
Rt Hon David Trimble: ...evidence of that plainly today. The scale of the problem can be seen in hospitals and schools and in the state of our roads and transport systems. Many, however, do not realise that our water and sewerage infrastructure, hidden from view, is also in a poor state and needs major work urgently. It is calculated that £6 billion extra will be needed over the next two decades to address the...
Rt Hon David Trimble: ...some extent and urgently needs some attention, although it is not receiving any from the Department. I hope that that will be remedied. I regret that the Minister with responsibility for water and sewerage is not in his place, because he is familiar with the problem of Kinnego bay in Lough Neagh where there is serious pollution. The problem comes from the sewage plant at Bulay's hill...