Tuesday20 October,9.30,
Wilson Room, Portcullis House
The EFRA Committee will examine options for the future of water
company ownership in England by questioning academics and experts
on water sectors in other countries and UK nations.
There will be discussion on the performance of systems in Wales,
where Welsh Water is a non-profit, and Scottish Water, a public
corporation that takes loans from the Scottish government and
contracts some infrastructure to companies including
Veolia.
Witnesses will be asked whether a link can be made between
ownership models used and performance on limiting pollution
incidents and leaks, maintaining supply and value for money for
customers. The panels may also be asked how other countries'
systems enable competition between providers and attracting
private investment.
MPs may also ask questions about options such as mutualisation, a
cooperative model promoted by campaigners in the UK.
There will also be discussion during the first panel about the
history of ownership in England's water sector, including the
events before and after full privatisation from the 1989 Water
Act and the impacts this had on infrastructure investment and the
environment.
Witnessesfrom9.30:
- Dr Owen, Managing Director at
Envisager
- Hugh Goldsmith, former water director at European Investment
Bank and visiting Professor at College of Europe
- John Abraham, Chief Operating Officer for Industrial Water
and Energy, Veolia
From 10.30:
- Dr Marine Colon, researcher at AgroParisTech and the UMR
G-EAU research unit in France
- Professor Klaas Schwartz, Professor of Water Services
Governance at IHE Delft, Netherlands
From 11.00:
- David Henderson, CEO, Water UK
- Professor David Saal, Professor of Microeconomics at
Loughborough University
- Professor Ewan McGaughey, Professor of Law at Kings College
London
-
, Visiting Professor,
University of Greenwich, Public Services International Research
Unit
