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HANSARD River Thames: Unauthorised MooringI hope to come on to address some of the things that the EA wants to do. Where a boat is a home, especially in cases of potential vulnerability, the Environment Agency needs to…29 Apr 2025HANSARD River Thames: Unauthorised MooringI am really pleased to hear that. I was also pleased when the hon. Lady mentioned that in her speech as an effective example of agencies working together to achieve the same aim.…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Flood Preparedness: CarlisleI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (Ms Minns) for securing this debate. I wish a happy birthday to her mam, who I believe has her birthday at the weekend. I am really…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Flood Preparedness: CarlisleI thank my hon. Friend for his thoughtful contribution as always and for his interest in this area. The management of locks and weirs probably does not come into the scope of the…24 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI will not, only because I have just three minutes left. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Reading Central (Matt Rodda) again for his support of the Water (Special Measures)…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageOh, there she is. Again, this is testing my eyesight—it is confusing me. I hope that the hon. Lady has seen and welcomed the changes we are introducing around bathing waters and…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageThank you so much, Madam Deputy Speaker, and can I say that you are doing an incredibly awesome job in the Chair? I would like to thank—if I can call him this—my hon. Friend, the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is quite right: the Water (Special Measures) Act is a landmark piece of legislation, but it is just the start of what we want to…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageThe right hon. Lady is rather keen to hear from me and I am happy to offer to intervene. The water commission is looking at levels of debt. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI would never wish to be impolite and I will not be now, but I think the right hon. Lady will find that our argument on the water restoration fund was that it did not need primary…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewagerose —23 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportWater is devolved, and I completely respect the autonomy of the Scottish Parliament to make those decisions. The Government have been clear that we are not looking at…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportI completely agree. They are trying to do a good job. I add that it is a good industry to work in; the people in it have long careers and, I might add, excellent trade union…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportI am happy to, if the hon. Member wishes to retract his comment.03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportPerhaps I misunderstood the hon. Member as also saying that she is a defender of, or a spokesperson for, Thames Water. I am happy for him to retract his comment.03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportOn that point, the hon. Gentleman is incorrect. Actually, compromise amendments were reached on a few occasions, so I want to gently push back on what he says. Cross-party…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportIt is a real pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I wish you, and anybody celebrating, a very happy Easter—I hope that it is a peaceful and enjoyable day. I thank the hon.…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportI am pleased by what I believe I have heard: that no reference was made to Ruth Kelly with regard to Thames Water; instead, the comment was solely about her representing Water UK.…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportWith respect, I think that we have different interpretations of the truth. We are saying that the company can enter SA if it is insolvent. Thames Water is not at the point of…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Thames Water: Government SupportI want to stress that although that is the legal process for entering special administration, that does not mean for one second that we are satisfied with the performance of the…03 Apr 2025