North Ayrshire and Arran MP Katy Clark spoke out against the idea of privatising Scottish Water.

The local MP stated that she does not support privatisation or mutualisation and argued that better regulation is the way forward for the utility company.

Katy Clark MP said, “More regulation will build a better quality of service. Particularly in the water industry where the health, environmental, social and economic factors of this service have to be carefully balanced, government led regulation is the best way to maintain and improve the quality of water that is delivered to the people of Scotland.”

The Scottish people are still largely in favour of retaining the public ownership of Scottish Water.

Katy continued by saying, “I hope that Scottish Waters remains a publicly run company, which is driven by the service it provides not the profits it makes. Indeed, in a global context, due to the water crisis, there is argument to suggest that a public Scottish Water is in fact a great asset to Scotland.”