To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget is for Ofwat’s regulatory activities in each of the next three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget is for Ofwat’s regulatory activities in each of the next three financial years.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced on 7 February 2008 (Col 79WS) the publication of draft statutory social and environmental guidance to the Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT) for consultation. Copies of a report summarising the outcome of the consultation will...

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced on 7 February 2008 (Col 79WS) the publication of draft statutory social and environmental guidance to the Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT) for consultation. Copies of a report summarising the outcome of the consultation will...

Government response to consultation on draft statutory Social and Environmental Guidance to the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat). 46 p.

Government response to consultation on draft statutory Social and Environmental Guidance to the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat). 46 p.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial contributions water companies make to Ofwat.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial contributions water companies make to Ofwat.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Regulators Select Committee on UK Economic Regulators (HL 189 2006-07). Agreed to on question.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Regulators Select Committee on UK Economic Regulators (HL 189 2006-07). Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I am grateful for this incredibly rich debate. We welcome the report into economic regulators. I understand that my noble friend Lord McIntosh has qualms, but I completely agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, that he will be incredibly proud of this report in time. I am...

My Lords, I am grateful for this incredibly rich debate. We welcome the report into economic regulators. I understand that my noble friend Lord McIntosh has qualms, but I completely agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, that he will be incredibly proud of this report in time. I am...

My Lords, noble Lords would not thank me for detaining them at a time when they are anxious for the House to rise so that they can leave for a couple of weeks, so I will not do that. The classic job of the mover of the Motion in winding...

My Lords, noble Lords would not thank me for detaining them at a time when they are anxious for the House to rise so that they can leave for a couple of weeks, so I will not do that. The classic job of the mover of the Motion in winding...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh. I begin by congratulating him on his extremely good and efficient chairmanship of our committee in what was a daunting task. He did it superbly. I also thank our clerk and our special advisers for all...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh. I begin by congratulating him on his extremely good and efficient chairmanship of our committee in what was a daunting task. He did it superbly. I also thank our clerk and our special advisers for all...

rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the Select Committee on Regulators on UK Economic Regulators. The noble Lord said: My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I open my remarks by thanking those who have taken part in the work of the Select...

rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the Select Committee on Regulators on UK Economic Regulators. The noble Lord said: My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I open my remarks by thanking those who have taken part in the work of the Select...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Select Committee on Regulators, and I pay tribute to the excellent chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh of Haringey. He provided a cogent overview of our recommendations and, since our report was published, there have been important developments,...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Select Committee on Regulators, and I pay tribute to the excellent chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh of Haringey. He provided a cogent overview of our recommendations and, since our report was published, there have been important developments,...

My Lords, as the first speaker in this debate this afternoon who is not a member of the committee, I congratulate the committee and its chairman on the excellence and thoroughness of the report and on all the work that went into it. The Select Committee has given the economic...

My Lords, as the first speaker in this debate this afternoon who is not a member of the committee, I congratulate the committee and its chairman on the excellence and thoroughness of the report and on all the work that went into it. The Select Committee has given the economic...

My Lords, it is just as well to remind ourselves of the history of the development of regulation. It was a result of the privatisation of the industries. Most of the industries were transferred from the public sector to the private sector, almost debt-free. The companies who bought them borrowed...

My Lords, it is just as well to remind ourselves of the history of the development of regulation. It was a result of the privatisation of the industries. Most of the industries were transferred from the public sector to the private sector, almost debt-free. The companies who bought them borrowed...

My Lords, I am pleased to be taking part in this debate. I congratulate the committee and my noble friend Lord McIntosh of Haringey on chairing it. It is a most excellent report. I gave evidence to the committee as chairman of the Rail Freight Group and I declare an...

My Lords, I am pleased to be taking part in this debate. I congratulate the committee and my noble friend Lord McIntosh of Haringey on chairing it. It is a most excellent report. I gave evidence to the committee as chairman of the Rail Freight Group and I declare an...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, for bringing to this House, if reluctantly, the report of the ad hoc Select Committee on Regulators on UK Economic Regulators. He obviously did not enjoy it; he was obviously embarrassed by doing it. The noble Lord is the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, for bringing to this House, if reluctantly, the report of the ad hoc Select Committee on Regulators on UK Economic Regulators. He obviously did not enjoy it; he was obviously embarrassed by doing it. The noble Lord is the...

moved Amendment No. 57: 57: Clause 39, page 17, line 8, leave out subsections (2) to (5) and insert— ““(2) Those results are that— (a) where a regulator proposes to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person, the regulator must serve on that person a notice of what is...

moved Amendment No. 57: 57: Clause 39, page 17, line 8, leave out subsections (2) to (5) and insert— ““(2) Those results are that— (a) where a regulator proposes to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person, the regulator must serve on that person a notice of what is...

My Lords, I am assuming that we are on Amendment No. 55. There are no other amendments grouped with it, and its purpose is straightforward: to get rid of Clause 38 on fixed monetary penalties. It is no fault whatever of the noble and learned Lord promoting Amendment No. 55...

My Lords, I am assuming that we are on Amendment No. 55. There are no other amendments grouped with it, and its purpose is straightforward: to get rid of Clause 38 on fixed monetary penalties. It is no fault whatever of the noble and learned Lord promoting Amendment No. 55...