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HANSARDWater BillI will be careful not to try your patience, Madam Deputy Speaker. We could have an endless debate about the difference between selecting people through the sortition process—I am…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillMy point is clear. Just as, many years ago, a certain Mr Ratner famously talked about the price of a prawn sandwich in Marks & Spencer and the price of earrings in his store,…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillAbsolutely, and that is a yet another example of why it is good to have a Labour Government.28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillThat is one of the challenges: we can set up this lengthy and expensive process and then it does not necessarily hold any sway. I was going through the provisions in clause 4, and…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI will give way one final time.28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI certainly recognise the point about job security. Many of my constituents work three or four jobs and are struggling to survive.28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillIt seems there are an awful lot of mind readers in the Chamber today, because the hon. Gentleman anticipates my comments. I am proud to be a Labour and Co-operative Member, so I…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI thank my right hon. Friend for that—I say “Friend” because the right hon. Gentleman and I served very effectively together in Islington when he was the MP and I was a junior…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillMadam Deputy Speaker, I do not want to try your patience, so I will move on from the Green party, because the subject of the debate is the Water Bill that my hon. Friend the…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI think my hon. Friend makes some important points. We have seen from citizens’ juries, including in Ireland, which has a well-worn route for using these for their referenda, that…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI urge the hon. Lady to listen to what I say. I did not say that I had people saying overwhelmingly that they wanted public ownership—certainly not. They are saying that there is…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI will not repeat all of the issues about people’s attendance at a citizens’ assembly—the difficulty of achieving it and of people coming to it. I am not sure whether Sir Jon…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillHow does the hon. Lady propose to pay them for running the water system? We all agree there are problems, but in the current climate, where would she get the money from to pay for…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillMy hon. Friend is being particularly personal about Sir Jon Cunliffe. I have to say that I have not met him, but the point is that he will not be making the decisions; they will…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI thank my hon. Friend for that point. I hear his passion and his helpful iteration of those historic examples. However, I would also say that we need to be clear about who the…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) on introducing the Bill. Whatever my position on its detail and on the history of what has happened with…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillA win is a win.28 Mar 2025HANSARD PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceI thank my right hon. Friend for coming before the House and calmly laying out some of the facts on this matter, as I would expect from him, given his experience. However, there…27 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Electric bikes are very popular in my constituency. However, they travel at high speed—with a maximum speed limit of 15.5 mph—and are heavy, which is causing quite a lot of…27 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.26 Mar 2025