Water industry ownership should be decided by citizens’ assembly, new bill says

Water should be in the hands of parliament and the public, according to the Labour MP. Photograph: Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The future ownership of the water industry should be decided by a citizens’ assembly to remove decision-making from boardrooms and impose democracy on the sector, a private member’s bill is to argue.

Labour MP Clive Lewis, who in the past has called for water to be put back into public ownership, will introduce his bill on the future of water ownership and management later today.