The committee were keen to know why Scottish Water was in a position of surplus reduction in cash terms.

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Thus, even if a rise in the return on investment reduces the level of domestic savings it will not lead to a reduction in the surplus of such savings over investment.

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If all of the above was implemented and we focused on producing a 500 Billion dollar annual surplus to be applied to debt reduction we might have a chance.

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"If we achieve a substantial positive surplus, then ... we can seek a further reduction in debt, " he said.

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