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Tory calls for Scottish Water to be privatised
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A SCOTTISH Executive minister yesterday rejected calls for changes
in the ownership of Scottish Water, which is at the centre of
controversy over soaring charges.
During a Parliamentary debate, Murdo Fraser, the Tory enterprise
spokesman, said the water authority, which is publicly owned, had
become a "national embarrassment".
Claiming small businesses had seen their bills rise by up to 500
per cent since the authority was set up a year ago, he said Scottish
Water should either be privatised or turned into a mutual company
owned by its customers and employees.
He pointed to the privatised ...
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