§ Mr. Andrew MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy that those consumers paying water rates be offered, in a paper sent to them together with their accounts, a priority opportunity to buy shares in their local water authority on privatisation.
§ Mr. MoynihanDecisions have yet to be taken on ways of encouraging customers of water authorities to invest in the successor companies. I am grateful for my hon. Friend's suggestion, and I shall keep it in mind.