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HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I think when we had this debate, it led to the first of the fact sheets that we produced for the Committee. The hon. Member is talking about the speed of installation, and we…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)With your indulgence, Dr Huq, I will clarify something that I should have mentioned in the previous debate. Ofwat reserves the right to explore the use of DPC for major projects…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)On the welcoming point? Of course.16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairwomanship once again, Dr Huq. As promised, I have provided a fact sheet on the use of special administration. All Committee members…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their contributions. Again, we recognise the intent behind new clause 34, tabled by the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale. However, it would be…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The point is that competitive tendering processes were introduced back in 2019, including looking at where money is being used and how that money can be used most effectively. As…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The commission will focus on reforms that improve the privatised regulatory model. We have already been quite clear that nationalisation of the water sector is not in scope…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)At the risk of having the same debate over and over, I refer the hon. Member to the last page of our fact sheet. I am not sure how much clearer we can make it: “Would the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale for the intention behind new clause 32. On a personal level, I welcome the scrutiny and the level of detail that we have gone…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Yes. We have ruled out nationalisation, but all other forms of ownership are in the scope of the Cunliffe review. I stress, however, that in a scenario in which a company was…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Very briefly, to return to the SAR—our favourite subject—it might be best if we take the conversation out of Committee and sit down with officials to make sure we are both having…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I would like to thank, as I have before, all the environmental groups and activists up and down the country who do so much to champion cleaner air, rivers, lakes and seas for us…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Again, I recognise the intent behind the hon. Gentleman’s comments. Whichever way we want to address this, talk about it or set targets, ultimately what we want from a Government…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Thank you very much, Dr Huq, for your wonderful chairwomanship. I thank everybody on the Committee. It has been a new experience for so many of us, with Members in new positions…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Farmland FloodingTo reassure the hon. Gentleman, the Government are committed to the environmental land management programme and are looking at funding natural flood management on farmland. As I…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Farmland FloodingThat sounds like an excellent example. I note that the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton intervened earlier on the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham so, if she does…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Farmland FloodingI will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Reading Central (Matt Rodda) and then to the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke), but I have only six minutes.15 Jan 2025HANSARD Farmland FloodingIt is our secret. I enjoyed the hon. Gentleman’s thoughtful contributions on the importance of using soil in the right way and how farming practices can be updated, which were…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Farmland FloodingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I am delighted to contribute to this debate with the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew),…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityI thank the hon. Lady, but I have been told I have 15 seconds left. We will develop a plan for the River Wye and I will let hon. Members know about it as soon as possible. The…15 Jan 2025