§ 24. Mr. KnapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total estimated cost of the investment programme in the water industry over the next 10 years.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe estimated expenditure by the English water plcs, required by the programmes of which 697W account was taken by the Secretary of State in setting the initial level of K, is £22.8 billion in prices prevailing at November 1989.