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HANSARDFlooding: Management of WaterwaysI am grateful for your generosity, Madam Deputy Speaker. We are just grateful that at least some Conservative Members have turned up. On 20 October over 500 homes in Chesterfield,…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe first thing to say is that the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: the state of the beaches back in 1990 was even more disgraceful than it is today. The vast majority of the…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe hon. Gentleman should listen to what the Environment Agency has said. It has said the improvements in water quality have slowed under this Government and it has expressed its…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023We do not intend to divide the Committee, but I have a few questions for the Minister that hon. Members might be interested in—and it gives his civil servants a bit of work to do!…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI will come to the hon. Gentleman in a moment. The hon. Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew) made an interesting contribution. He slated the record of the Liberal Democrat…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesSometimes we witness revelations that are incredibly shocking, yet simultaneously not surprising at all. And so it was with the exposure of this week’s “Panorama” investigation…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillMay I start by saying how disappointing it is that a Bill with so much potential to be a force for good should ultimately end in three-minute speeches by Members who have huge…04 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMany of us absolutely recognise Israel’s right to defend itself, and that Hamas and their approach are a barrier to a lasting peace solution, but we also absolutely despair that…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillThe Government are fond of saying that they are getting on with the people’s priorities, however much opinion polls may suggest the opposite. I agree entirely that all parties…04 Dec 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. It has recently been announced that owing to its perilous financial position, Derbyshire County Council has asked the Department for…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Veterans Welfare ServicesLet me say on behalf of the people right across Chesterfield that we have an absolute respect for the role played by veterans. I know that people across my constituency want…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe Secretary of State was at pains to stress that the majority of landlords are good ones. It is almost like saying that there has been a delay to murder legislation because most…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI thank the Secretary of State for giving way. This weekend I was out meeting flood victims in Chesterfield. The flood damage of one of them was up to 3 feet high in their front…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillWill the Secretary of State give way?23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingFlood Babet hit Chesterfield very hard on Friday, with the River Rother and the River Hipper bursting their banks. Tragically, 83-year-old Maureen Gilbert of Tapton Terrace lost…23 Oct 2023HANSARDWork Capability Assessment ConsultationIt is very noticeable that the Secretary of State did not answer the question of the hon. Member for Wellingborough about why he believes that there has been a trebling of the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI envy the Minister’s apparently limitless capacity for self-congratulation, but it does not bear much relationship to what people are experiencing on the ground. I went to visit…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEducationNew research from the House of Commons Library has shown that the amount of the apprenticeship levy paid by employers that has been allocated to the apprenticeship budget has…20 Jul 2023HANSARDSkills and Apprenticeships: FundingNew research from the House of Commons Library has shown that the amount of the apprenticeship levy paid by employers that has been allocated to the apprenticeship budget has…17 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI have been here for all of the right hon. Lady’s speech and, over the 14 minutes of it,, I have been desperately hoping she was going to get to the point she really wants to…10 Jul 2023