A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 3pm on Thursday 3 April on government support for Thames Water.
The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, and the debate will be opened by Sutton and Cheam MP Luke Taylor.
The Backbench Business Committee gives opportunities to backbench Members of Parliament to bring forward debates of their choice.
Following the announcement of Ofwat’s PR24 Final Determinations in December, the MP called for the government to finally “rip up Ofwat and replace it with a new, effective regulator to hold water companies accountable.”
During December people across his Sutton and Cheam constituency faced a major water outage over several days following a fault at a local treatment plant operated by Sutton and East Surrey Water. The outage, which began on Monday 16th December, affected up to 20,000 people at its peak with supply only fully restored on 19th December.
Commenting at the time, Luke Taylor said :
“People in Sutton and Cheam have been utterly let down by Ofwat this week….
“Whilst I’m encouraged to see forecasts that say SES bills will not rise like others, people in our area also pay Thames Water bills, which we have heard today are going to go up by £152 over the next five years overall.
“And let’s be clear – ultimately Ofwat are responsible for letting water companies off the hook on the underinvestment and bad management that led to situations like the one we face this week."
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