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HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterI will discuss the future of Thames Water, starting with Thames Water’s record of pollution and environmental failure, and how it impacts everyone in my Witney constituency.…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterI completely agree, and Thames Water’s full-year accounts are out at 7 am tomorrow morning. We will see just what they tell us. It is going to be ugly, not least because the…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterAbsolutely. The consumers are getting the raw deal, and there is no end in sight. To qualify as an ultimate controller—it is a defined term—a party need only have material…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterI thank my hon. Friend. Rather than having customers pay hundreds of millions of pounds of debt at ludicrous interest rates of nearly 10%, Thames Water should be taken into a…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterI completely agree with my hon. Friend. That is what is going on up and down the catchment writ small, with treatment works deferred despite being crucially needed. In Aston, we…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterMy apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am grateful to the former Secretary of State for setting out in a letter to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in June last…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterI agree 100%, and that is what is so depressing; by continuing to demonstrate that the regulators have no teeth, we create a bigger and bigger problem for ourselves. The…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterOn that point, will the Minister give way?14 Jul 2026HANSARDFuture of Thames WaterHow is that possible?14 Jul 2026HANSARD NATO SummitOn behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller), I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. As we have come to expect of…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIran Conflict: CeasefireIran is continuing to hold the global economy to ransom through its reckless strikes in the strait of Hormuz—we all agree on that. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s continuing tit-for-tat…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportI thank the Minister and everyone involved in the review for their hard work; this is a difficult subject, so it is much appreciated. Today’s report has confirmed what perhaps all…09 Jul 2026HANSARDIsraeli Settlements: Trade BanI thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for bringing such an important debate to the House. I appreciate all the speeches that have been given with such…09 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsRegarding contracts for difference, will the Government now consider moving from a 100% revenue guarantee model to a partial coverage model, along the lines of what Australia now…07 Jul 2026HANSARDTaxation (Energy and Vehicles)The electricity generator levy is a windfall tax on UK electricity generation from nuclear, renewable and biomass sources, and it raised £0.7 billion in the last financial year.…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Rural Pubs: Fiscal SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) for securing this important debate and I thank…17 Jun 2026HANSARD Rural Pubs: Fiscal SupportAbsolutely. I will finish by saying that we need to look in the round at the massive cost pressures and changing consumer habits, from lower footfall to falling discretionary…17 Jun 2026HANSARD Rural Pubs: Fiscal SupportWell, there you are. It is a wonderful pub, and we need to keep it open. This is all doubly tough for rural pubs. City pubs have a much larger catchment of potential customers who…17 Jun 2026HANSARD Rural Pubs: Fiscal SupportI thank my hon. Friend for that point. Business rates feel so unjust—so arbitrary and out of control, and appeals are virtually impossible. We all beg the Minister to put doing…17 Jun 2026HANSARD Rural Pubs: Fiscal SupportAs my hon. Friend the Member for Lewes (James MacCleary) points out from a sedentary position, I am not suggesting that we rejoin the European Union. Employer national insurance…17 Jun 2026