HC Deb 12 March 1991 vol 187 c470W
Mr. Illsley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the cost of placing responsibility for all water pipes with the water companies.

Mr. Trippier

We have no plans to make water companies responsible for any water pipes other than those already vested in them, and have therefore not prepared any estimates of the cost of doing so.