House of Commons – Jan. 28, 2025 – 94

New Clause 19 - Civil penalties: equivalent reduction to customer bills “(1) The Secretary of State must make provision for any monetary penalties imposed on a water company to result in equivalent reductions to the amounts charged to customers by the relevant water company. (2) In fulfilling its duties under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must arrange, annually— (a) for the total amount of monetary penalties imposed on a water company in the previous year to be calculated;

(b) for that total to be divided by the number of customers of the water company;

(c) for each customer’s next bill from the water company to be reduced by that figure. (3) Any reduction applied under this section must be indicated on a customer’s statement of account. (4) In this section, ‘water company’ has the meaning given by section 6(5).”—(Victoria Atkins.)