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EDM number 1080 in 1993-94, proposed by Dafydd Wigley on 20/04/1994.

That this House notes with concern the continuing escalation of water and sewerage charges, over and above the level of inflation; notes in particular that the average charges for households in Wales for 1994-95 will be ú256, compared to ú233 for 1993-94, an increase of 9.8 per cent; recalls that the formula for constraining the increase in charges (R.P.I. + K) allows only an increase of 6.4 per cent in Wales this year; is dismayed that the Director General of OFWAT is not empowered to restrict charge increases for households within the limit because he has to consider the weighted average charge increase, and this allows water companies to reduce or freeze charges for industrial or commercial customers, while passing on a disproportionate increase to domestic customers; asserts that this system leads to a totally unacceptable burden for pensioners, the unemployed and low income families; and calls on the Government to introduce urgently proposals to limit water price increases, and to modify legislation to this end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dafydd Wigley20/04/1994CaernarfonProposed
Ieuan Wyn Jones20/04/1994Ynys MSigned
Elfyn Llwyd20/04/1994Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Kim Howells21/04/1994PontypriddSigned
Alex Carlile21/04/1994MontgomerySigned
Richard Burden22/04/1994Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Michael Clapham22/04/1994Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Harry Cohen25/04/1994LeytonSigned
Michael Connarty26/04/1994Falkirk EastSigned
Robert Wareing26/04/1994Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Ken Livingstone26/04/1994Brent EastSigned
Clive Soley27/04/1994HammersmithSigned
Eddie Loyden27/04/1994Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alan Simpson28/04/1994Nottingham SouthSigned
Derek Enright29/04/1994HemsworthSigned
John Heppell03/05/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Roger Godsiff11/05/1994Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Tommy Graham18/05/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Anne Campbell23/05/1994CambridgeSigned

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