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HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I share the hon. Lady’s views entirely. That is the whole purpose of this: to drive the change we need to reduce the overall amount going on the market, because our hierarchy is…05 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Well, we carried out the impact assessment. One of the purposes of the entire scheme, when it is correctly functioning, is that the amount of waste going into the system will…05 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure, as ever, to have you in the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the shadow Minister. Although he is a stand-in, it is always good to see him. I also welcome the new shadow DEFRA Minister; I know we will be meeting very soon. The shadow…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Mains Water Connections: Cost for Rural CommunitiesI hear what my right hon. Friend says and thank him for clarifying. I obviously sympathise with the challenges faced by people on private supplies. My right hon. Friend might be…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Mains Water Connections: Cost for Rural CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under you this afternoon, Ms Ali. I must begin by thanking my right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Sir Simon Clarke)…05 Sept 2023HANSARDStrengthening Environmental Civil SanctionsProtecting our natural environment is a Government priority. The Government are pleased to announce today that we have laid new secondary legislation to strengthen environmental…12 Jul 2023HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsFor information, Thames Water itself has not paid any dividends for the last six years. Ofwat will rightly hold companies to account when they do not clearly demonstrate the link…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsFor information, Thames Water itself has stated that it has not paid any dividends to shareholders for the last six years. Ofwat will rightly hold companies to account when they…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsWhere water companies underperform and do not meet their targets, a process is in place whereby basically they have to credit the money back to their customers. Last year, £132…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsWhere water companies underperform and do not meet their targets, a process is in place whereby basically they have to credit the money back to their customers. Last year, £143…10 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsEvery water company was asked to put a plan for every storm overflow on the Secretary of State’s desk. I can tell my hon. Friend that all the plans have arrived and are being…06 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI could just say yes, but I will add a bit more. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that it is this Government who have got water quality on the radar. We are cleaning up our…06 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-mains Drinking WaterI am sorry to hear about this issue, which my right hon. Friend has already brought to my attention. Our legislation does allow for those on a private supply to request a…06 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-mains Drinking WaterI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question; I, too, have a well, but it does not supply our drinking water. I think a lot of people have wells on their properties, or locally on…06 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-mains Drinking WaterPrivate drinking water supplies are regulated by local authorities, which receive scientific and technical advice from the Drinking Water Inspectorate. Local authorities sample…06 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023First, although there were a number of questions—I have come to expect nothing less—I thank the shadow Minister for welcoming the regulations. I think we are all agreed that the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023. It is a…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023There has been full consultation on the funding that will be required for trading standards departments to carry out the duties that will fall to them. It amounts to approximately…04 Jul 2023HANSARDFishing IndustryI was going to come to the hon. Gentleman’s point later, but it is this Government who have increased the testing and brought in all the monitoring. We have a real focus on the…29 Jun 2023