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HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsBy using existing capital, Flood Re Ltd is keeping the increase to 18%, while its reinsurance costs are expected to more than double. The reduction from £140 million a year to…27 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. As has been mentioned, flooding affects so many of us. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Epping Forest, was…26 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairwomanship, Ms Vaz.…26 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]With the leave of the House, I thank all hon. Members for their thoughtful and valuable contributions to today’s debate. Without stepping into the territory of a Second Reading…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I know how much he cares about this and many environmental issues. Amendment (a) refers only to the reporting arrangements for levels…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I am delighted to have another opportunity to debate this transformative Bill in this Chamber. I thank all Members for continuing to take an interest in this important piece of…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Gentleman. As I have said throughout, he will have to wait and see, but to imply that legislation is required for the fund would be dishonest. I am sure the hon.…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That this House insists on Commons Amendment 1 to which the Lords have disagreed, disagrees to Lords Amendment 1B, to the words restored to the Bill by the Lords’…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I am very happy to issue that correction. Question put . A Division was called.11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue and for the work he is doing in championing what is obviously a crucial issue for his residents. I would of course be happy…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her important question. The Government are developing a series of interventions to reduce emissions, so that everybody’s exposure to air pollution is…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsMy hon. Friend makes a persuasive case, as she has done at every oral question time we have had so far. She is right to highlight the fact that not only did the previous…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend, who is right to highlight how the previous flooding formula discriminated against rural communities because it was based purely on the number of properties…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and may I congratulate him on his recent engagement? He is right to point out the importance of money being spent wisely now to save money…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsThe first duty of any Government is to protect our citizens, so we are investing a record £2.65 billion over two years in building, maintaining and upgrading flood defences, which…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsI think I will be getting a lot of questions like this today, Mr Speaker. We will announce where the 31 projects will be by the end of March. We will also be looking at where we…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsThe hon. Lady is right to highlight that under the previous funding formula, rural communities often missed out on the defences they desperately need. We have set out plans to…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsThe hon. Lady is right to point out how angry farmers are and how they feel they have been let down by the previous Government on flood defences. The previous formula allocated…06 Feb 2025HANSARDMarine EnvironmentMaking Britain a clean energy superpower is one of this Government’s five missions. This is critical to our country—to cut bills; to create jobs; to deliver energy security, with…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I share the hon. Gentleman’s passion and love for chalk streams—the rainforests of the United Kingdom. Part of this Bill will drive the performance change in the industry that we…28 Jan 2025