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HANSARD Business of the HouseAbsolutely, and I thank my hon. Friend for raising that awful case today. As he says, the Government take hate crime incredibly seriously. No one should ever be a victim of hatred…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the issue again. It is not the first time that I have heard of problems in the Environment Agency and about its not following through on the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I congratulate my hon. Friend on becoming a new dad earlier this summer. I thank him once again for being such a brilliant champion for proper investment in our northern…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to say that bringing rail back into public ownership and our Employment Rights Bill are flagship policies of this Government, and I am particularly proud…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for raising another important issue on behalf of her constituents. That Bill is currently on the Committee corridor; when it returns to this Chamber, she…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear about the response the hon. Gentleman has had. We are working with telecommunications companies to reduce poor mobile signal—particularly in rural areas, which…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am happy to join my hon. Friend in telling Staffordshire county council—which I hear a lot of complaints about in business questions, I have to say—to get its act together and…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue, which is raised with me all the time in business questions. I know that there is nothing more concerning to a local…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI will certainly ensure that the hon. Lady gets a discussion with the relevant Minister on the issue of conditional selling, which sounds like something that should concern us all.04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFood poverty remains a huge blight on our country. This Government are absolutely committed to tackling it, which is why we have extended free breakfast clubs and introduced this…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe rise in Islamophobia, which we have all seen in our constituencies—I know I have seen it in mine—is absolutely unacceptable. Hate crime itself is unacceptable, and we need to…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am really sorry to hear that the beaches in the hon. Member’s constituency have been closed. It is unacceptable that sewage has been flowing into the sea around her…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Member is right to highlight that, as the climate changes rapidly, unfortunately we are going to see more wildfires in the summer and more flooding in the winter. We are…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Member for raising the issue of step-free access at her local station—this issue is raised with me all the time at business questions. I am sure that a debate on…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIt might not be quite an Oasis concert, but I am sure that the railway gathering in Derby that my hon. Friend describes was a fantastic event to champion the rail industry in his…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI know how important chalk streams are to our biodiversity and to many of our rural communities. We will bring forward further plans about how we can secure our waterways in all…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI join my hon. Friend in welcoming that extra funding for Buckinghamshire and in her calls for the council to use it wisely to decrease congestion and support commuters in her…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWe are determined to tackle all forms of hatred and division and to take action on hate crime. It has been a topic for much discussion in our Crime and Policing Bill, but I will…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI certainly join my hon. Friend in congratulating that collective in her constituency, and I am always happy to get an invitation to a hospitality venue. I am well aware of the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is about the third complaint about the Environment Agency in today’s session, so perhaps colleagues should get together to try and get a broader debate on those issues. We…04 Sept 2025