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HANSARDEnvironmental Audit CommitteeI am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for giving me the opportunity to introduce the Environmental Audit…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I commend to my right hon. Friend today’s publication by the Environmental Audit Committee of its report on water quality in rivers? I take this opportunity to thank the Chair…13 Jan 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Audit CommitteeThank you very much, Chair; I certainly would. I thank the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) for her contribution to this issue. I attended a debate, I think in this Chamber, in…13 Jan 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Audit CommitteeThat is an excellent question, which gives me the opportunity to highlight some of the things that have happened through that Act and beyond it, which the Government are doing to…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I commend my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement for the care that he is taking in dealing with the challenges of the Ajax contract, and for the transparency with…10 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021The Minister is making important points about this proposed legislation. Will she reassure me that the impact assessment that her officials will produce in January, after this…13 Dec 2021HANSARDOutcome of COP26Does my right hon. Friend believe that the current structure of Government is adequate to ensure that the UK can deliver a more ambitious nationally determined contribution at…01 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The capital transformation of acute hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford has been eight years in the making. Will the Secretary of State confirm what is now needed to start…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Before we leave the subject of the cap, can he just confirm that this proposal includes the costs of domiciliary care,…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeI was intending to intervene, but if I have a couple of minutes, I will take advantage of them. The petition that the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) spoke to—I apologise…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeI am very grateful to you, Mr Paisley, for allowing me to contribute briefly to this important debate.15 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene; he is making a very important point about enforcement. On Friday of this week, Thames Water will appear in…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to defend my remarks. I made no remarks on the subject of privatisation. As he has raised it and accused me of having done…15 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am very conscious of time, so I will be brief. I rise to discuss Lords amendment 45 and the Government amendment in lieu of Lords amendment 45B. I thank the Minister for the…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate. On my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore)’s point, I am pleased to confirm to the hon. Lady that the River Teme…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSustainability and Climate Change (National Curriculum)I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene so early in her remarks, but she has already got to the crux of the issue. I congratulate her on securing the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene before she winds up her speech, and I am pleased that she secured the support of the Backbench Business Committee to…21 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillIt is a great pleasure to be in the Chamber physically to discuss the Environment Bill, which the Select Committee I am privileged to chair considered in pre-legislative scrutiny.…20 Oct 2021HANSARDNationally Determined Contribution Commitments9. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of nationally determined contribution commitments published in September 2021 ahead of COP26.20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThere will be targets—there are water-quality targets in the Bill anyway—and the Minister referred to the guidance that she is on the point of finalising for the next pricing…20 Oct 2021