I COULDN’T believe my eyes when I read your article on water companies and the method they use to compensate for bad debts.

The Welsh Labour government has stated that an additional £20 has been added to everyone’s water bill to cover the cost of people who won’t pay. Surely this has to be illegal and amounts to grand theft by the water companies.

Imagine a milkman knocking your door and telling you your bill is up 50p this week because three people in your street haven’t paid!

I wonder if one of our misguided Labour MPs would raise this issue in Westminster and secure a rebate for all the honest householders.

I doubt it very much, they are too busy filling in expense forms and wondering why the English class Wales as a third world country.

Norman Jones, Preseli Close, Risca