Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 7 February 2011.
William Bain
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the installation of trickle valves in household water pipes and systems by water companies in England.
Richard Benyon
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Trickle valves would have the same health and social risks that underpin the ban on disconnection of household water supplies. We will not allow companies in England to use them.
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No1 person thinks not
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