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HANSARD Water CompaniesHappy World Oceans Day, everybody—that is a good day to have. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, because for years she led the campaign to ban the supply and sale of…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank my hon. Friend, who continues to be a formidable, incredibly impressive campaigner, as she was through her work on the Environment, Food and Rural Committee; honestly, she…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThis point came up repeatedly during the passage of the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 and, fundamentally, my response remains the same, which is that the cost and time spent…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe hon. Gentleman is quite right. Where we are building homes, we need to ensure that they have not only an adequate water supply, but an adequate waste water supply. We are…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe hon. Lady raises a shocking and awful case, and I am more than happy to meet her and look into it. There is no excuse for sewage ending up in primary schools or floating down…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe right hon. Lady raises an important point, and that lake sounds very beautiful. Conversations are ongoing with the new devolved Government. She knows that the UK Government…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank my hon. Friend for the passion with which she speaks about this issue. I reiterate that my focus has always been on the quickest and most effective way I can deal with…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank my hon. Friend for his question, which provides yet another example of the current failure of the system. He is right to feel angry about it. As I have said, the…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend is right to be angry at the service that many customers have faced for years, and at the broken model we have had for a very long time. We need a fundamental…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend is right that we share the same water company. Sir Jon Cunliffe’s commission addressed whether it would be appropriate for the Government to set a level of debt…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesAs summer comes, we all want to be enjoying our beaches, going for a swim, having a paddle and not having to think about checking an app to see whether they are polluted. My hon.…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend cares about this issue and has raised it with me before. He is right to be angry about the issue of leakage, because water that people are paying for is ending up…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend raises an important issue, and I remember hearing about that incident. That is why under this Government, the Environment Agency has carried out over 10,000…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI understand why the hon. Gentleman feels frustrated about this issue. Each company will set out through the price review exactly what it will deliver and when, and make…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I could not have put it better myself. She is right to be cross about problems with water pressure. Instead, we seem to be deflecting the…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe hon. Lady is right to point out the record fine that was handed out for not having drinking water at an adequate standard, and I pay tribute to the Drinking Water Inspectorate…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThat was a record fine for not delivering safe and clean drinking water, but the hon. Gentleman is right that what happened there is a serious issue. Issuing fines is a matter for…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI think the shadow spokesperson managed to read his statement out without actually listening to the answer that I have given. But I am always keen to update everybody on the…08 Jun 2026HANSARDWater QualityIt would be difficult to identify whose product it was in the water, but I am sure that is not quite what my hon. Friend meant. I wholeheartedly agree with him on the issue of…04 Jun 2026HANSARDWater QualityI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s expertise in this area. This is a serious issue; a scientific group is looking at it and will give advice to Ministers on what is the best…04 Jun 2026