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Bottled water provided in Committee Rooms

21/05/07

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat lead Lords spokesperson on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs): asked the Chairman of Committees:

Whether he will reconsider, on both financial and environmental grounds, the decision to provide bottled water in Committee Rooms rather than tap water in carafes. [HL3887]

Lord Brabazon of Tara (The Chairman of Committees): As I stated in my Answer on 28 March to the noble Baroness (WA 278), there is limited time available for Committee Rooms to be prepared between meetings and the provision of bottled water is quicker and more sanitary than the filling and washing of carafes. There are no plans to change this practice.