HC Deb 26 October 1988 vol 139 cc226-7W
Mr. Clelland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans the Northumbria water authority has to take over the statutory water companies in the northern region; and what assessment he has made of the implications of this for the Government's privatisation proposals.

Mr. Moynihan

My right hon. Friend is not aware of any plans for such a takeover.