Emma Reynolds: “I do not want a scenario where Thames Water customers had to pick up the bill for the company's failures.”

It flies in the face of basic fairness, and the British public are right to be furious.

We’ve already banned £4million in bonuses for polluting water boss and will be taking action to prevent bonuses by any other any name.

I am concerned that the long-term resilience of the water and wastewater systems may not be adequately protected.

As a general rule, we are a very open trading economy, and we believe, sort of as a general principle, that free trade is better than putting up barriers.