00:00We're facing record levels of sewage being dumped in our waterways. There needs to be
00:04accountability for this and I welcome the decision from Ofwat today to impose these fines.
00:09On its own it's not going to be enough to deal with 14 years of failure which is what we're
00:13facing so I've already announced further special measures that the water companies will be placed
00:17under that includes making water bosses face criminal charges for persistent law breaking
00:22of the kind that we've seen. We'll ban the payment of their multi-million pound bonuses
00:27that money should have been spent on fixing the sewers not siphoned off into their bank
00:31balances and we'll ring fence customers money that is intended for fixing the sewage system
00:37so that it cannot be diverted for other purposes such as bonuses or dividends.
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