WATER [MONEY] (Hansard, 16 November 1982)

HC Deb 16 November 1982 vol 32 cc232-3 232

§ Queen's Recommendation having been signified—

§ Resolved,

§ That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision as to the constitution and procedure of water authorities and their borrowing and other powers and as to arrangements for the carrying out of their sewerage functions; to enable water authorities and statutory water companies to provide advice and assistance outside the United Kingdom; to provide for the dissolution of the National Water Council and the Water Space Amenity Commission and to repeal section 25(1)(d) of the Local Government Act 1974 and the Water Charges Equalisation Act 1977, it is expedient to authorise— (a) any increase in the sums payable out of or into the National Loans Fund or the Consolidated Fund attributable to provisions of the said Act increasing to £6,000 million, with power to increase by order to £7,500 million, the limit imposed by paragraph 34(5) of Schedule 3 to the Water Act 1973 in relation to borrowing by water authorities; (b) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

(i) any sums required for making payments to statutory water undertakers under provisions of the said Act of the present Session enabling adjustments to be made in connection with the repeal of the Water Charges Equalisation Act 1977;
(ii) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the dissolution of the National Water Council and the Water Space Amenity Commission; and
(iii) any administrative expenses incurred by any government department in consequence of the provisions of the said Act of the present Session;