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HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireI distinctly recall saying from the Dispatch Box that no options were off the table, and that specifically meant that, in my view, the site should be closed. Officials will know…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) for securing this important debate, and I welcome him…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireAs I said, monitoring is incredibly important, because we need the data to be able to hold those who pollute to account, and the regulator needs the data to be able to take…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireIn my view, it came down to process. There is a process that needs to be followed, with a suspension notice being served in the first instance to reasonably give the operator the…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireI will not, because I think the Minister needs 20 minutes to sum up, and it is only fair to give that to her. Does the Minister agree that when landfill sites, or sites of a…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireI apologise—it is because I worked in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a long time. I believe that such a bond was not put in place when John Prescott awarded the initial planning consent…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireCould the Minister pick up my specific question about the closure of the site? In his shadow role before the election, I believe the Secretary of State wanted to advocate for…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingOf course, the Windsor framework was an element of trying to address many concerns, not only in the food and farming sector but in other sectors. Although it is indeed not…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Hexham (Joe Morris) for securing this really important debate. He represents a beautiful…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) for securing this important debate. I also take the…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingI will carry on because Government Members have had enough time. Councils have to make use of the powers that are awarded to them. To put the closures into perspective, if my…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Post Office HorizonThe Horizon IT scandal is without doubt one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our history. While we cannot change what has happened, we must establish what went wrong.…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Unfortunately, in certain parts of Keighley—namely Bracken Bank, Guard House, Braithwaite and in other areas—residents are constantly being plagued by selfish individuals who…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceMay I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? During the general election campaign, the now new Health Secretary and the local Labour party in Keighley and Ilkley told my…29 Jul 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryAs your constituency neighbour, may I congratulate you on your elevation to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? I must put on record my sheer admiration for one of my constituents,…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireMy hon. Friend is giving an excellent speech, and making a very strong case for why we need to invest in flood defence schemes. Under the last Conservative Administration, we…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI welcome the Secretary of State to his place, but I have to say that the Government’s disastrous decision to industrialise our highly productive, good agricultural land by…18 Jul 2024HANSARDBathing WaterDesignated bathing waters are coastal or inland waters that are used by large numbers of bathers and have facilities to promote and support bathing as set out in the Bathing Water…13 May 2024HANSARDFly-tippingI could not agree more; promoting the convictions absolutely reassures victims that the Government and local authorities are taking tough action. I know that my hon. Friend has…09 May 2024HANSARDCoastal DefencesWe are investing approximately £1.3 billion of our £5.6 billion flood and coastal risk management investment programme in coastal projects. They will better protect over 100,000…09 May 2024