HC Deb 19 January 1995 vol 252 c612W
25. Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has for the water industry in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Moss

The Government are committed to the privatisation of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. However, as already announced, this will not be possible in the lifetime of the present Parliament. In the interim, as announced on 29 June 1994,Official Report, columns 550–51, it is intended to establish the Department of the Environment's Water Executive as a next steps agency not later than 1 April 1996.