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HANSARD South West Water: PerformanceLet me show the scale at which this affects the region. Does the hon. Lady know that there are more than 350,000 hours of dumping in South West Water’s areas, including on to our…28 Feb 2023HANSARD South West Water: PerformanceWill the hon. Lady give way?28 Feb 2023HANSARD South West Water: PerformanceWill the hon. Lady give way?28 Feb 2023HANSARD South West Water: PerformanceOn that point about investment, will the hon. Lady give way?28 Feb 2023HANSARDSewage Discharges: East DevonSewage discharged into the River Otter flows through east Devon and my neighbouring constituency. The Government have adopted a Liberal Democrat amendment to the UK Infrastructure…23 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Of the 40 promised new hospitals referred to by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey), 11 are in the south-west of England. Three of them—in…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationIntroducing further barriers to voting is like shadow boxing a phantom foe. The Government’s changes threaten to disenfranchise millions and place an administrative burden on…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPlymouth ShootingsThe inquest concluded that the shootings in Plymouth resulted from a “catastrophic failure”. The responsibility lies entirely with the murderer—I do not want to repeat his…21 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Company PerformanceEarlier this month, along with some other Members, I received an email from Pennon Group, which owns South West Water, stating: “we wanted to provide you with the most recent…21 Feb 2023HANSARD UkraineIt is an honour to follow both the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) and the hon. Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins), who really brought this back…20 Feb 2023HANSARD UkraineI suggest to the right hon. Member that if we send fast jets to Ukraine, it is going to be a symbolic gesture. When he and I visited Kyiv last September, Minister Reznikov was…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe latest round of levelling-up funding has once again failed to provide much-needed investment in my part of Devon. The proposals put forward by East Devon District Council…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Climate Change and BiodiversityThe Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill gives us only until December 2023 to adopt or adapt 570 different pieces of legislation on environmental issues. Given the crises…08 Feb 2023HANSARDKosovo: Security SituationI thank the hon. Member for Leeds North West (Alex Sobel) for successfully securing this debate. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Ukraine, I think he and others…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ7. The Government will want to help to maintain popular backing in the UK for our support to Ukraine, including by helping people with their energy bills. More than 40,000 people…08 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe graduate visa route enables international students to work in the UK for up to two years after their study. Curtailing or removing this route would deter international…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesIt is now clearly established that the workforce crisis in the NHS is mirrored by vacancies in adult social care. There are more than 165,000 vacancies in social care, up by 52%…06 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to new clause 1 and amendments 3 and 4. I welcome the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill. We previously had a Green Investment Bank, founded by the Liberal Democrats in…01 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 2 Businesses and bodies the Bank invests in “(1) The Bank must publish an annual report setting…01 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]The amendment that we are considering is about loans from the UK Infrastructure Bank. Whatever figure is required, the bank should not be permitted to release funds for the…01 Feb 2023