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HANSARD Water Supply in KentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Sojan Joseph) for securing this debate, and for his excellent work on…10 Jun 2026HANSARDWater SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I thank everybody for what has been a really good debate. It shows Parliament at its best when we all try to work…09 Jun 2026HANSARDFlood Risk Management in EnglandInvestment programme performance in 2024 - 25 and 2025 - 26 Between April 2024 and March 2026, the Government invested £2.65 billion to construct new flood schemes and repair…09 Jun 2026HANSARDWater SafetyWithout straying too far from the debate that we are having, the question of inequality is very interesting, especially with the news that the Conservative party wants to get rid…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend is right to point out how beautiful and rare our chalk streams are. In fact, they are often known as our rainforests, because England is one of the only places in…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank my hon. Friend for his passionate work on this issue. I know how much he cares about the damage that over-abstraction is doing to our environment and to nature. On the…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that it should be a matter of fundamental respect to Members on both sides of the House that water companies inform Members of what…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI would, of course, be happy to meet with my hon. Friend.08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThis Government are determined to build the homes that people need. I am sure that every Member has met enough people who are living in overcrowded homes and are desperate to move…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThat is a hugely important issue. I have already begun to have some conversations, but those were about pregnant women, who obviously should be on the priority services register.…08 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft REACH (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft REACH (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026. I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and I welcome…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe Government are, of course, determined to tackle the sewage scandal head-on and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas for good. We want to address the root cause of pollution. We…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesAgain, my hon. Friend is a formidable campaigner on this issue; she has raised it with me on many occasions both in public and in private, and she is absolutely right to do so.…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank the right hon. Gentleman for this question, and for his question last week as well. As I mentioned last week, the water delivery taskforce looks at planning. It is looking…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank the hon. Member for his question, but I think it is a misrepresentation—I am sure it was an accident—to say that the Government are doing any kind of deals. The Government…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI have huge sympathy for the hon. Lady’s constituents; I remember our discussion of the previous situation, in December and January, and the impact on them all. She is right that…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI welcome this opportunity to update the House on the progress the Government have made on this important issue. In these divisive times, there are few topics that unite all of us…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe right hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly important point. One of the things we have been doing through the water delivery taskforce is looking at all the potential barriers…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe hon. Gentleman raises a really important point, and the short answer is yes. We need clear resilience standards and asset standards, because we do not have them, but,…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe hon. Lady wrote to me about the specific difficulties her constituents have faced, and I have huge sympathy with them; that is not acceptable. The regulator will of course be…08 Jun 2026