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HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureI thank the noble Earl for his question. He brings our attention to a really important aspect of the water supply. He is absolutely right that we have had dry weather; I believe…14 May 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureI thank the noble Lord for his question. Sir Jon Cunliffe is leading the Independent Water Commission in a once-in-a-generation review of the whole water supply system, including…14 May 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureI did not expect to get on to the balkanisation of water supply, but I will say that the independent commission led by Sir Jon Cunliffe is undertaken on behalf of the UK…14 May 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureI thank my noble friend for that question. It is an interesting idea, and I would be very happy to take it up with government colleagues. To be absolutely clear, the investment…14 May 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureI thank the noble Duke for his question. Leakage is at its lowest level in two decades and in December last year Ofwat allocated £720 million as part of its 2024 price review…14 May 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureI thank my noble friend for that question. He is correct that we are predicted to get to a 5 billion litre a day water supply demand gap by 2050. However, I am pleased to tell him…14 May 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureThe noble Lord is right to say—as my noble friend Lord Rooker also suggested—that we desperately need new infrastructure now and as soon as possible. I would like to be able to…14 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am very happy to write to my noble friend with more details. We will cover some of the issues on carer’s leave in the round later in my speech, but I thank him for his…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe may be talking at cross purposes. I am very happy to write with more details of the way that we plan to take foster care forward. On paid carer’s leave, Amendment 135 would…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI fear I may disappoint my noble friend slightly, but it is important that, if we are going to review these things, we review them in the round, and that I do not pre-empt that…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillAs I said, I understand that this is unusual, but it is in no way unprecedented. We have broken in the middle of a group before. It is not ideal, but we are where we are. I think…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I beg to move that the debate on this amendment be adjourned.13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, if I felt we were able to finish the group in the next five minutes, that would be fine. We have had a good debate, but this is an important topic, and it is important…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate—some might say “esoteric”, but not me— and indeed, thankfully, a slightly shorter one. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, for…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIt will not come as a surprise to my noble friend that we cannot accept the amendment in front of us today. However, I am very happy to work with him to ensure that your…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it has been agreed by the usual channels that we break at a time convenient for the Minister to make a Statement, thus allowing her to continue her other business…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat the House do now resume.13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I beg to move that the House be resumed.13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been another wide-ranging debate and I am grateful for the contributions of all noble Lords. As the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, my opposite number, just said, it has…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, for tabling this group of amendments related to flexible working. Amendment 65 would exempt security services from the flexible…08 May 2025