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HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]It has been a wide-ranging debate, although shorter than we had hoped for. I thank Members for participating today. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Joy…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I suspect that the Government do not agree with our water restoration fund, but if the Cunliffe review says that the water…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I will come on to an amendment we have also tabled to ensure that if fines are levied on water companies, customers’ bills go…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this vital issue of water quality once again. As His Majesty’s most loyal Opposition have maintained through the passage of the Bill, it is…28 Jan 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship SchemeI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. The listed places of worship grant scheme is vital for our communities. The previous Conservative Government…22 Jan 2025HANSARDFireworks BillI congratulate the hon. Lady on bringing forward this important piece of legislation. She talks about how the uncontrolled use of fireworks is very distressing, and causes…17 Jan 2025HANSARD Green Belt: Basildon and BillericayI congratulate my right hon. Friend and fellow Essex MP on securing this important debate. His constituency, like mine, has precious green belt that is so important to the…17 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)It is a great pleasure to again serve under your chairship today, Dr Huq. May I first, on behalf of the Opposition and, I hope, colleagues from across the Committee, give a vote…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way, and I have a lot of respect for the new clauses that he has tabled to put pressure on water companies to provide more information…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth Disease(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government’s emergency contingency response to the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. I declare a strong personal and professional interest. As a veterinary surgeon I supervised some of the animal culls in…15 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I thank the Minister for bringing the draft regulations to the Committee. I am pleased to say that we, His Majesty’s…15 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 3, which His Majesty’s Opposition will again push to a vote, has at its heart the people we want to protect—the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 6 is a fair and reasonable request to strengthen the Bill. Quite simply, it would do what it says on the tin by…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is actually part of our amendment.14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for the constructive tone with which she has engaged in this whole debate, but I think we are going round in circles. We are trying to hold the water…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Yes, I was aware of that. I am acutely aware of it now and congratulate my hon. Friend on securing it. It highlights the fact that there is a lot of agreement. I am sure that his…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Good. We are all for talking about and raising the issue of chalk streams, but it is clear that we wanted to include that in our amendment. Our amendment will therefore be a…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am not reassured by those comments. The Minister says that the water restoration fund does not need new legislation, but we are concerned that the fact that the fund is not in…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 4 amends the Water Industry Act 1991 to insert new rules regarding the limits to the amount of money that can be…14 Jan 2025