Chapter 1317 British Water Company

For example, to nationalize the water supply system, a bill must be submitted to the House of Commons. This is a matter for the Prime Minister. How many establishments are required by British water companies to arrange employment positions?

The current employment situation in the UK is actually worse than during Attlee's time. After all, many industries that were worthless in Alan Wilson's eyes have been transferred out. This may also be the root cause of Eden's overturn this time, so Whitehall will definitely not object to creating some jobs through nationalization, which can also increase the number of civil servants.

The first step was to ask the Ministry of Finance if there were any questions. Not long after, Frank arrived at the Cabinet Office. Alan Wilson waited until the other party sat down and said hello first, "Frank, how do you feel about your minister?"

"Callaghan?" Frank pondered for a moment and shook his head. "He has just taken office. So far, we can't see any difference from the previous one."

"Of course we hope there will be no changes, but don't take it lightly." Alan Wilson nodded, Callahan? He remembered that this Chancellor of the Exchequer also served as Prime Minister, also at the end of the Labor Party's wave of governance, which was eventually ended by Margaret Thatcher.

Although he was highly regarded by Harold Wilson, Callaghan was not in the same faction on the political spectrum as the current leader of the Labor Party, but in the faction of former leader Gaitske.

Alan Wilson then conveyed the Prime Minister's intention to start with the water supply system first in this round of nationalization, and asked Frank what he thought.

"I have no problem. Alan, what do you think?" Frank did not express any objection. He knew clearly that it would cost money, but this time the Labor Party won a big victory and won nearly a hundred seats. At this time, Whitehall We cannot go against the cabinet. We are now a strong government.

"I am not opposed to the nationalization plan. You know, this can create certain jobs, and we have one more place to arrange our colleagues." Alan Wilson said this and added, "But we have to be clear, the new British Water was established to make money, and the bottom line is that it cannot cause a fiscal deficit, and it will definitely not work to use the power of the government to cover losses."

As an outstanding representative of old imperialism, the United Kingdom had already achieved 100% tap water coverage in 1944. Only with this foundation can we talk about nationalizing the water supply system.

The problem to be solved now is nothing more than the issue of authority. The water supply system in the UK is relatively low-centralized and belongs to local governments. What needs to be done now is to integrate these water supply systems that are privately or publicly owned, local governments and municipal governments.

There are three main opponents, local government, joint water board and water companies.

Although private companies are also participants in the water market, their market share is less than one-fifth. The actual control of the water industry is still in the hands of local governments; and the water supply business needs to be carried out frequently across regions, and the terms of bulk supply arrangements The need for central government approval and the involvement of such a large number of agencies in the water supply business resulted in inefficiencies in the UK's water supply.

"Local water companies alone have thousands of agencies." Frank said that this matter is not easy. "Does the Prime Minister know what he is going to face?"

"Know or don't know. But it doesn't matter. The existence of disorganized institutions also makes us don't know where to start. Through this nationalization, we can sort out the water supply system. Replace it with reliable people to arrange it."

Alan Wilson knocked on the table, "Assign a group of civil servants who were admitted this year to Malaya. Malaya's water supply system is shared with private companies, but it is far clearer than the chaos in the mainland. Let local colleagues It will be easier when you come back.”

Frank may not believe other words, but he absolutely believes in these words of supreme authority. That shared private company in Malaya? If nothing else, the owner of the company should be called Pamela Mountbatten.

Let Frank budget,

Alan Wilson picked up the phone and called the Home Office, asking the Home Office to come up with a feasibility report. He gave him a week to ensure that this report must be detailed and let the Prime Minister know the true situation of the British water system.

After all, this involves thousands of stakeholders, including local governments, water companies and institutions. When he went home in the evening, he checked the time in Kuala Lumpur and called the Kuala Lumpur High Commission to inform him of the need for local water services. The company's employees returned home to take charge of nationalization matters.

"I'll arrange it right away, Secretary General." Richard's voice came from the microphone, and Alan Wilson was slightly relieved and replied, "The wave of nationalization is not a bad thing for civil servants. These institutions will eventually have to rely on us." Management? Should the integration of thousands of organizations be left to the congressmen? The most they can do is have a name."

As soon as she put down the phone, Xia Meng posted, "It seems that you are also talking about Xiangjiang's water supply system, right?"

Xia Meng returned this time for the British Golden Globe Awards Ceremony. She has become a benchmark for Asian movies. Naturally, she cannot let the man behind her feel empty every day.

"Don't say that." Alan Wilson flatly denied it, and then added, "I asked people to talk, and of course I am grateful for your country's cooperation. In fact, we have a chance to cooperate, right? It would be ugly for everyone. Not good. Of course, the Vietnam War is an exception. This cannot be blamed on the UK. The UK has the mentality of a big empire. Compared with Americans, it looks down on Europeans. Your country is entangled in the relationship between Britain and the United States. I can I tell you it is definitely more inclined to the United States. But in the end the outcome of the war determines the attitude of China and Britain."

No matter how many Vietnamese the United States killed in the Vietnam War, whether it was two million or five million, as long as the United States finally withdrew its troops and South Vietnam was destroyed, it would be a definite defeat.

On the other hand, even if Vietnam is in misery, as long as they can hold on until the Americans leave, they will be the winner. For the world's number one, once the undefeated golden body is broken, it will be a very scary thing.

The United States should immediately find a victim so that the Soviet Union could be defeated once, otherwise the consequences would be quite serious.

There is no doubt that a few decades later, the United States will have many cards in its hands, and it will turn around and give Eastern Europe the cards. But now the United States really doesn’t have many choices. Would it choose Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan to collapse a certain big country and face blood? Nowadays, apart from being able to fight, a certain big country has no level of prowess. Even the United States feels it is losing money even if it sacrifices a dog.

But decades later in Asia, the United States also had its own difficulties. At least in Southeast Asian countries, no Europeans believed in the military power of the United States as much. Southeast Asian countries have witnessed the Saigon Iron Fist with their own eyes, while Europeans have only heard of it. Witnessing it with their own eyes and hearing it with their own ears are not the same concepts.

Alan Wilson told Xia Meng, do you want the United States to talk to you calmly? Just prove that you are not easy to mess with. It doesn’t matter how ugly the process is, the results prove everything.

Why did Alan Wilson focus on Malaya? Because when a big country opened up, the first batch of capital injections were not from the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea, but from overseas Chinese living in Southeast Asia. Now the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia have been regarded by him as an important starting point for the return of British capital.

It was only after the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia made money that Japanese companies entered the country. As for European and American companies starting to invest, that was very later.

This nationalization was very vigorous. The main reason was that Alan Wilson transferred people from Malaya and the Middle East. There were also British civil servants in the Middle East responsible for desalination and sewage purification systems. In particular, the latter is very important. The establishment of a reliable water purification system is the top priority of this nationalization of the water supply system, and is directly concerned with the success or failure of this nationalization.

"Alan, the Cabinet Office has added some unexpected aspects to the Cabinet plan." Prime Minister Harold was quite satisfied and expressed his appreciation to the Cabinet Secretary-General without hesitation.

This report explains that in terms of sewage treatment: there are many management agencies and localized treatment has led to frequent sewage problems.

The rapid growth of water demand has driven the rapid development of the sewage treatment industry while meeting public health policy requirements.

However, the problems in the sewage treatment industry are similar to those in water supply, that is, under the premise that sewage treatment is the responsibility of local authority areas rather than catchment areas, the involvement of more than 1,400 local agencies has caused many problems in the sewage treatment industry.

Local authorities are all required to carry out cross-basin sewage collection, wastewater treatment and pollution control, but as there is no common management agency across the basin, each management agency manages according to its own river pollution control standards; from London with a population of eight million to the smallest In an area with a population of about 20,000, the scale and scope of capabilities of each local government vary significantly.

Each local government works for its own purposes. There is no one agency responsible for coordinating the use and development of water resources in the entire basin. Wastewater treatment is highly localized, and there are many problems in effectively carrying out work within the basin.

Alan Wilson's plan was released much earlier than the Prime Minister expected. To be honest, as Cabinet Secretary, he was more eager for the nationalization wave than the Prime Minister himself.

This comprehensive plan for the establishment of a British water company precedes the Water Resources Act that the Prime Minister is planning to enact.

"In the next few days, teams from the Middle East and Malaya will return to London. They are all the most suitable talents in the UK. They have been responsible for water supply companies, desalination, water purification systems, etc. locally. They have accumulated considerable experience." Alan Wilson talks a lot and shows with actions that he has done everything for the Prime Minister's nationalization plan.

"At first I only saw your talents in diplomatic work. Now it seems that it makes sense for you to become a beloved Cabinet Secretary-General." Prime Minister Harold was amazed and said that the White House came up with a plan so quickly. feel happy.