Water industry bosses questioned by MPs over Thames Water finances - watch live

Thames Water industry bosses are questioned by a parliamentary committee as concerns mount over the company's financial viability

[@northernlad52]

These are the so-called top 2% rich people who are making themselves richer at the cost of our rivers and seas. They should be jailed not fined as they pay their fines with our money we pay for our water bills.

[@MrNigelbell]

Privatisation in water was the wrong path. All the private water companies are in trouble. However, there are many who are becoming extremely wealthy at the expense of failure. It has been allowed by Westminster for many years. Thames has paid no tax for several years "deferred" again by Parliament. Prime ministers' yearly salary to run the country £167,391. Thames water CEO £1.6 million per year, to run a water company.

[@public.public]

Yet another 'great' privatisation 'success'... The conservative party wants to privatise OUR NHS. Remember that.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

How does a water company, which has a monopoly covering the entire Greater London area, get themselves into £14bn of debt.?

[@hannaht2068]

Share holders ...lol

[@vjary8142]

As CEO, at least she knows what she isn't allowed to do having come originally from OFWAT via BT. Bit of a strange move from BT to Thames water???????????????

[@Kry-le3dq]

It's the standard merry go round of the same people in the highest paid jobs being moved on every few years thereby avoiding scrutiny for criminal negligence - like the grey haired executive said 2017 is ancient

[@rogerchadwick3452]

Have you seen anymore weaselaly, spivs than those thieves.

[@tommcculloch5278]

Their lips move and it is lies nothing else.

[@hannaht2068]

He Blinks too fast to be believable, lol

[@dockerdawson6728]

we are the owners and not given consent for it to owned full stop.

[@insertnamehere5146]

its all a club between the regulator and the companies where they all got rich knowing when it all went wrong as it has the taxpayer will pick up the tab

[@rosec3452]

What have I just watched? So customers will pay increased bills and then further pay thru the tax they’ve paid, so paying double and yet the guys sitting down smiling saying he’s confident with Thames water. Sounds like a huge corruption as you can’t avoid water bills and are forced to pay.

[@dockerdawson6728]

as the people of the country given you consent to sell of to a company, and who are the share holders ? please let the people know who the share holders are? if so who give you consent on it being a private capacity? without a referendum? there for you have took away the trust agreement without consent of the individual

[@chrish7975]

These committee enquiries achieve sod all. More waste of time and money after the fact. If Ofwat had done it's job properly, things would never have come to this, and our lazy, ineffectual government as usual fixes nothing.. maybe if Thames Water was located in the Ukraine or Gaza we might see some action from that waste of space Sunak.

[@rogerchadwick3452]

The arrogance and patronising attitude of that woman, is unbelievable

[@dockerdawson6728]

lets not forget that the people pay in inland revenue alll the taxes, to create or story, ie we the people are the credit-ors and you are not

[@dockerdawson6728]

the customers are the companys not the people the people are the creditORS i.e creditors under the cest-que vie-trust 1666. get that right, the companys who think they are the owner, which is not true, the people are the owners not you without the consent of the creditors i.e soves the man or woman

[@jack19921930]

Why do these top dogs of companies have some weird twitches and stuff. Simon Thompson Royal Mail had a really weird face twitch. The guy at the start of the session has a really weird blinking twitch. Is it because they know they are lying and are expressing it through this micro expressions

[@dockerdawson6728]

ofwat dont have any power against the people, the GOVERNMENT has not gone through royal assent therefore referendum ,has not been given by the governes, ie. people in laymans terms but i can put it legalese, if you require.

[@dockerdawson6728]

Or is it? secret. military. artificial. resource, tech,