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HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI had just taken an intervention from the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller), who talked about the excessive removal of water and the situation that she finds herself…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI am very pleased that one of the hon. Member’s first debates is on such an important issue. I do not want to get into a competition over who has the best chalk stream, but I must…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeOf course—I feel very popular this afternoon.08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI will go on to talk about agriculture and some of those other issues. To turn to sewage, which I know is on the minds of many people, we have undoubtedly inherited a deeply…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention and she is absolutely right—chalk streams are a precious, beautiful habit that mean a lot to this Government and to the people of this…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am grateful to be part of this debate, and I thank the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted (Victoria Collins)…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI will move on to talk a little bit about run-off and other issues involved. I join the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted in praising her local community groups and…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI think, as with all schemes, it needs to be looked at and considered carefully. Nothing will be signed off if it presents any danger to the general public. As she knows, we have…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I was addressing the specific chalk stream raised by the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted. However, I completely agree with…08 Oct 2024HANSARDFlood Response: September 2024Just over 1,000 properties flooded in late September after double the monthly average of rain fell across central and southern England. Devastating impacts were felt in…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question and welcome her to her place. She is already a tireless champion for her constituency, and she has raised this issue with me in the past.…12 Sept 2024HANSARDSupport for FarmersThis Labour Government will introduce a new deal for farmers to boost rural economic growth and strengthen food security alongside nature recovery. We will make the supply chain…12 Sept 2024HANSARDSupport for FarmersI thank the hon. Lady—dare I say, my hon. Friend—for her question. Yes, it is good to remind ourselves that this is the time of harvest, when we should all be grateful and give…12 Sept 2024HANSARDBritish Food ProducersI congratulate the hon. Lady on her achievement in the election. The Labour Government will restore stability and confidence in the sector, introducing a new deal for farmers to…12 Sept 2024HANSARDSupport for FarmersIt is always a pleasure to meet my hon. Friend, and I would be delighted to talk to him about that in more detail.12 Sept 2024HANSARDBritish Food ProducersThose sound like wonderful farms to visit—I might even be tempted to pop in and see them myself. Our farming Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner),…12 Sept 2024HANSARDBritish Food ProducersI hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think the right hon. Gentleman will find that it was the previous Government—in fact, the Department for which he was responsible—who…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and the Environment Agency to discuss the matter in more detail.12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsCongratulations to my hon. Friend on her election. She is absolutely right to be outraged at the level of sewage pumped into our rivers, lakes and seas under the previous…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a former primary school teacher, how can I not say yes to a meeting with the students from my hon. Friend’s constituency? I am already looking forward to it.12 Sept 2024