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HANSARDPollution in Rivers and Regulation of Private Water CompaniesI am afraid that I cannot give way. Large-scale developments built in inappropriate places, such as zone B flood plains, compound that with poor connections. We must tackle the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaMy Lords, Maersk, which I understand is the largest container company in the world, and Hapag-Lloyd, based in Germany, have taken the decision for commercial reasons not to risk…29 Feb 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I want to take this opportunity to put a couple of questions to the Minister, as she was kind enough to invite us to do. I declare my interest that I am an associate of…27 Feb 2024HANSARDAvanti TrainsMy Lords, does the Minister remember that Parliament passed a minimum-service requirement in the context of strike action? Is it the case that, if there is bad weather, Avanti or…27 Feb 2024HANSARDWater and Sewage Companies: Directors’ RemunerationMy Lords, I start with my declaration of interests, as on the register. I am co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Water Group. Last year, I undertook to chair a study organised…22 Feb 2024HANSARDPeatlandsMy Lords, given the role that peatlands play in flood defences, as the noble Baroness said, will the Minister pay tribute to all those involved in the Slowing the Flow pilot…22 Feb 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, may I press my noble friend on that point? Across the European Union, most ports are owned by the state. Is there any wriggle room whereby my noble friend and the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDPavement ParkingMy Lords, has my noble friend has a chance to look at the Bill in my name on Road Traffic Act offences involving e-bikes, e-scooters and pedal bikes, which has received its First…21 Feb 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the right reverend Prelate and to participate at Second Reading of this Bill. My interests are that I chaired the Environment, Food and Rural…21 Feb 2024HANSARDEnvironment Agency: Flood Defence ExpenditureMy Lords, given the constraints on flood spending, does my noble friend agree that resources could be spent differently, possibly better? Does he recognise the importance of…20 Feb 2024HANSARDEnvironment Agency: Flood Defence ExpenditureI beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare my interest as co-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water.20 Feb 2024HANSARDEnvironment Agency: Flood Defence ExpenditureTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of expenditure by the Environment Agency on maintaining flood defences.20 Feb 2024HANSARDEast Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for setting out the contents of the regulations before us, which follow the same sort of model that has been used for the York and North…19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Douglas-Miller for setting out the content of the SIs before us. I am in great support of them and have just a couple of…19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024If I have understood correctly, if a subsidiary company is set up for the purposes of the company continuing to act, does that mean, as with chapter 11, that it does not need to…19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024Both the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, and I asked about the unusual position in which we will find ourselves, where a subsidiary company can be set up, meaning that the company…19 Feb 2024HANSARDMet Office: 2023 TemperaturesMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that, with the changes in weather patterns—intense heat followed by very short, sharp but intense showers—surface water has been…06 Feb 2024HANSARDUK-EU Trade: Small and Medium-sized EnterprisesWill my noble friend make sure that there is complete fairness between exports of food and agricultural products from Great Britain to the EU and those from the EU to this…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTeesworks Joint VentureMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on the investment they have made and for the review panel they held. I will ask a slightly different question. Those of us in North…30 Jan 2024HANSARDUK-Canada Trade Deal: Suspension of NegotiationsMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on the position they have taken by pausing the trade talks at this time, reflecting the high production standards that our farmers have to…30 Jan 2024