New Clause 3: Water Bill
New Clause 3— Provision of benefits information
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the disclosure of benefits information about occupiers to water undertakers and sewerage undertakers in connection with section 144C of the Water Industry Act 1991 (non-owner occupiers).
(2) In this section “benefits information” means information which is held for benefit entitlement purposes by the Department for Work and Pensions.’.—(Miss McIntosh.)