Following the statement from Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change on plans to create a new economic regulator for water in Wales, the Welsh Conservatives have criticised the management of Wales’ waterways by the Labour Welsh Government.
Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and the Environment, also condemned Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water) for its failure to tackle pollution while increasing bills for customers and planning the redundancies of 500 members of staff, all while the Chief Executive earned £892,000 in pay.
Mrs Finch-Saunders further criticised the regulation of Wales’ waterways by Labour’s current regulator, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), citing high sewage pollution levels, rising customer bills, and ineffective enforcement. She has called for stricter targets, new legislation, and questioned the effectiveness of NRW, suggesting it should be replaced.
Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and the Environment, Janet Finch-Saunders MS, said:
“Since Labour came into power in Westminster, Environment Agency figures show that serious water pollution incidents have increased compared with the UK Conservative Government in 2023.
“Considering NRW has been run by Labour since its inception and the number of serious pollution incidents by Dŵr Cymru has tripled since 2016, I do not hold out much hope for this new regulator or the collaboration with the UK Labour Government.
“After 26 years of mismanaging waterways in Wales, a new regulator will not fix their inability to tackle water pollution in Wales and just like with UK Labour’s misguided energy plans, these plans will do nothing to stop water bill rises.”
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