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HANSARDWater Company PerformanceI congratulate the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) on securing this urgent question. She, like many of us, is absolutely sick and tired of the…21 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsI thank you, Mr Speaker, and your officers for allowing the time for this very important session; it is appreciated. When we met here in December, I asked the Environment…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Last week, the High Court ruled against the Dartmoor national park authority, which sought to protect the right of free access for wild…16 Jan 2023HANSARDFood SecurityIn December, the Environment Secretary told the Select Committee that she did not believe it was the role of Government to feed people. All of us want to see a country where work…12 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironment Agency Budget: Sewage DischargeI thank you, Mr Speaker, and your officers for allowing the time for this very important session; it is appreciated. When we met here in December, I asked the Environment…12 Jan 2023HANSARDFood SecurityIs it not the truth that we have a Secretary of State overseeing a sewage scandal who did not believe that meeting water bosses was a priority; a Secretary of State responsible…12 Jan 2023HANSARDAir, Water and Biodiversity: Statutory DeadlinesThe Secretary of State’s predecessor, the right hon. Member for North East Hampshire (Mr Jayawardena), may only have been in office for just over a month, but even he met the…17 Nov 2022HANSARDAir, Water and Biodiversity: Statutory DeadlinesMay I welcome the Secretary of State to her post? She has been in post for three weeks now, but the crisis of raw sewage turning England into an open sewer can be traced back to…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCost Increases: Food Producers and ConsumersFirst, may I welcome the new Secretary of State, the hon. Member for North East Hampshire (Mr Jayawardena), 54and his Ministers to their place? I look forward to a constructive…08 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage DischargeOver the summer, the Government allowed water bosses to dump sewage on 90 beaches in our coastal hotspots—the foundation of those visitor economies—affecting already hard-squeezed…08 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionThe scenes over the summer have shown us again that the country is awash with Conservative-approved filthy raw sewage. Over the last six years, there have been over 1 million…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and Safeguarding in OldhamMay I say how moving I thought the closing of that debate was, and your contribution in particular, Mr Deputy Speaker? I thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and the Opposition Chief…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and Safeguarding in OldhamMy hon. Friend makes very powerful points. It is clear that victims have been let down. When they went to the people who were there to protect them—social workers and police…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and Safeguarding in OldhamI agree. After three years of this cloud hanging over our town, I can see the damage that it has caused, not only to the individuals who have been targeted by abuse, but to the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityThe Government’s own food security report relies on the existence of food banks to keep the UK fed. However, food banks cannot keep up today with the rocketing demand. Far from…23 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityYesterday, inflation hit a new 40-year high at 9.1% amid the cost of living crisis. Things seem to be getting worse with each month that passes. Currently, 7.3 million people are…23 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven the impact covid has had on mental health and wellbeing, for many, access to the outdoors was a vital escape, but the Secretary of State will know that access is not equal.…23 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. It certainly did not take long to read. It is now nearly a year since the publication of Henry Dimbleby’s…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Food Price InflationI am staggered by that response. The Secretary of State speaks like a commentator or spectator on the sidelines, rather than the person responsible around the Cabinet table for…19 May 2022HANSARD Food Price Inflation(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make a statement on food price inflation.19 May 2022