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HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, for his support and his kind words as to how we have reached this position. I agree with him that the Bill leaves this House, as…11 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Motion A, I will also speak to Motion B. Before I speak to the detail of the changes made in the other place, I start by thanking all noble Lords for their…11 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]That this House do not insist on its disagreement to Commons Amendment 2 on which the Commons have insisted, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 2B in lieu of the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDWater Companies: FinesMy Lords, I am pleased to be able to respond to this Question on the fines paid by water companies. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, for raising this important matter and…06 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 4 to 9.05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for her support and the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for not voting…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak also to Commons Amendments 4 to 9. I will begin by speaking to Commons Amendments 5 to 7, which amend the commencement provisions for Clause 1. These…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 3.05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 2.05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their further contributions to this debate. I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Cromwell and Lord Blencathra, for providing further detail…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will also speak to the other amendments in this group and to the Motions tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Cromwell and Lord Blencathra. I am delighted to be back in the…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 1.05 Feb 2025HANSARDSeparation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 3 December 2024 be approved. Relevant document: 12th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in…05 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaOf course, it is critical that we are on top of the issues that the noble Lord raises, because I think we all agree that there is likely to be another pandemic on the horizon at…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaI can absolutely reassure the noble Lord on that. I speak very regularly with my devolved Administration counterparts and, obviously, we discuss issues such as avian influenza. My…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaThe noble Lord is absolutely right and, again, this is why I regularly meet with both the Permanent Secretary and the Minister at DAERA to discuss exactly these sorts of issues.…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaYes. The vaccination of poultry and captive birds—clearly, we are not talking about wild birds—is not currently permitted. Avian influenza vaccination is not considered to be a…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaYes, we of course work internationally on issues such as this and we are currently monitoring the situation in the USA. It is important to point out that the influenza of avian…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaWell, in Defra, we work actively with all areas that are affected by avian influenza, including the areas that my noble friend refers to. All I can say is that Newcastle United…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaI am sure that the noble Baroness is aware that we recently brought in a statutory instrument in order that owners of poultry that are free range do not lose that designation…04 Feb 2025