General Agreement on Trade in Services (Hansard, 4 July 2002)

HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 c466W 466W

§ Ms Drown
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her Department's policy is on the inclusion of water in the General Agreement on Trade in Services. [64718]

§ Ms Hewitt
In principle, my Department believes that no service sector should be excluded from the General Agreement on Trade in Services a priori. This includes water collection, purification and distribution services. Water as a natural resource is not a service and is not covered by the GATS.