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HANSARD Fly-tipping: PenaltiesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow) on securing this debate and raising this issue. That there is such a good turnout for a Thursday…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Fly-tipping: PenaltiesThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but there are other measures that I believe will help local authorities, and there are certain reasons why they have been unable to tackle…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Flooding Preparedness: YorkshireI will come on to talk about much of the funding that has gone to the rest of Yorkshire. We have had a great deal of engagement with colleagues and MPs, and I will cover that in…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Flooding Preparedness: YorkshireI thank the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) for securing this very important debate. He knows how seriously I take flooding. He spoke passionately, as he always…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Flooding Preparedness: YorkshireThe hon. Member has been assiduous in pressing me. The meeting that the letter has gone out for is for South Yorkshire, and a raft of MPs have been invited to it. The Secretary of…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Flooding Preparedness: YorkshireThe right hon. Gentleman makes a sound point. We have many schemes, grants and funds, but that has to be calculated. When we are working with the people who allocate the grants,…30 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020. As ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your…16 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs for taking part in the debate, and I of course thank the shadow Minister for her words and analysis of the…16 Sept 2020HANSARD Michelham PrioryI thank my hon. Friend for that point, but I think she is slightly missing the point that if one let the water flow, the pennywort would flow out. The pennywort is a real obstacle…15 Sept 2020HANSARD Michelham PrioryI am not surprised—this is the case that my hon. Friend has been making since the beginning. As she says, for the moat to be reinstated to a healthier and more resilient…15 Sept 2020HANSARD Michelham PrioryThe Environment Agency has suggested that the Sussex Archaeological Society can abstract 20,000 litres of water a day from the adjacent Cuckmere river channel without a permit,…15 Sept 2020HANSARD Michelham PrioryI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) on securing this Adjournment debate and on putting her case very strongly, and rightly so because it is such an…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFlood DefencesI thank my hon. Friend very much for that, and for all the work that she has done. Now that the money is there, she is itching to get on with the project. The Environment Agency…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFlood DefencesThe Government are investing a record £5.2 billion to deliver around 2,000 new flood defence projects to better protect 336,000 properties in England by 2027. Up to £170 million…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFlood DefencesI thank the shadow Minister for that question. This issue has been raised a number of times. I have had many Zoom calls with Members from the area over the lockdown, and the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDChalk StreamsWe are already working with our partners to take action to protect and enhance chalk streams, which are precious habitats. That includes reforming abstraction, improving water…10 Sept 2020HANSARDChalk StreamsWe know that effective regulation is the key to preventing pollution from affecting water quality. That is why a range of enforcement and sanction options are open to the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDDeforestationRecognising that commodity supply chains are a major driver of deforestation, the Government established the global resource initiative taskforce. Following the taskforce’s…10 Sept 2020HANSARDDeforestationI thank my hon. Friend for being on the ball about the Environment Bill in particular. It will be back before the House very soon and will fulfil the Government’s manifesto…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAir QualityMeasures to improve air quality are a key part of the Environment Bill, and we have engaged with stakeholders during the development of these measures to ensure that they are…10 Sept 2020