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HANSARDUK Environmental Protections: COP26Our vanguard Environment Bill demonstrates how much we are doing on that—more than any other country. This will be groundbreaking legislation and as we build back greener from the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUntreated Sewage: Discharge into WaterwaysI have been absolutely crystal clear that the amount of sewage discharged by water companies into our rivers is unacceptable. We have our Environment Bill and our strategic policy…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUntreated Sewage: Discharge into WaterwaysI want to make it clear that a lot of what we have heard in the social media storm has been whipped up, and there are a great many untruths flying around. We all spoke last week,…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUntreated Sewage: Discharge into WaterwaysYes, it is a beautiful part of the world. We have to remember that water issues are devolved, so water companies are working in their own ways, but it is absolutely right that…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUntreated Sewage: Discharge into WaterwaysI thank my hon. Friend for coming to the meeting earlier this week to explain what is a very complicated picture. It has to be tackled from so many angles, which is why I…28 Oct 2021HANSARDFreight Traffic: Navigable WaterwaysOf course I want it, especially when it is from that particular Member; he is always at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions and I thank him for that. The…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat was the question? [ Laughter. ]28 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am so pleased to hear about the project; I absolutely support it and would love to visit. Wetlands are so important, on so many grounds. The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust does…28 Oct 2021HANSARDFreight Traffic: Navigable WaterwaysI am genuinely interested in my hon. Friend’s work. This area comes under Department for Transport responsibilities; it does not have any plans as such to reinstate the freight…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSewage Pollution: WhitburnI am very well aware of that, but it was the hon. Member who started on all these other, much wider areas, so I thought I would set the record straight. The point is—I will get to…27 Oct 2021HANSARDSewage Pollution: WhitburnIt is a pleasure, as ever, Madam Deputy Speaker, to see you in the Chair. I thank the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) for securing this debate on sewage pollution.…27 Oct 2021HANSARDSewage Pollution: WhitburnI thank the hon. Member for that. There has been no U-turn whatever. As I said, we have six pages of clauses in the Environment Bill committing to reducing sewage in our…27 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesTemperatures are certainly rising in this Chamber, which demonstrates the passion for the issue on both sides. We have some varying and different views, but we all agree that this…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesI will not give way, because I do not have much time, sadly. Some 75 financial institutions representing €12 trillion have committed to protecting and restoring biodiversity…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesI will not give way. Contrary to what the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) said, there is a skills and training agenda to back this up. People from the oil industry…21 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI completely disagree with the hon. Lady, although I am listening to what she is saying. There is no complacency whatever on this. In fact, soil will be one of the top priorities…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am just going to answer this question. Yes, the WHO has already lowered what it thinks is the safe limit, which I think demonstrates how complicated the issue is. It would be…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am delighted to be cracking on with the Environment Bill. It has dominated my whole life as an Environment Minister, but I hope we all agree that it has only got the stronger…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and for all his work in this area. In the spirit of being friendly, I have a smile on my face, but I would say that we are not…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. We have met many, many times and we share a common interest in this issue. We are not arguing about its importance— […20 Oct 2021