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HANSARDDraft Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024
Draft Water Industry Act 1991 (Amendment) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Water Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024.06 Feb 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingI was about to come on to that point. My right hon. Friend makes an important point, but the challenge at the moment is that, although that power is available to many local…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) on bringing forward this incredibly important debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn…02 Feb 2024HANSARDFly-tippingThis Government are taking tough action on fly-tipping, which is why we have specifically allowed councils to collect those fines and ringfence them for prosecution and cleaning…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsImproving our flood alleviation schemes and our flood resilience is incredibly important, which is why the Government are recognising the amount of investment we need to put into…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are investing in ongoing projects in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, including the Radcliffe and Redvales flood risk management scheme, and we are doubling our…01 Feb 2024HANSARDFly-tippingIt is important to note that councils can use the power that we are giving them to apply increased penalty fines of £1,000. The Government want those penalties to be used, so that…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to try to deal with these issues, because for this Government dealing with waste and recycling is incredibly important. If the…01 Feb 2024HANSARDFly-tippingI am disappointed to hear once again about the fly-tipping that my hon. Friend’s constituents are experiencing for the first time in Friar Park. We are giving councils extra…01 Feb 2024HANSARDFly-tippingI know what a blight litter and fly-tipping can be on local communities, which is why we have provided nearly £1 million to help councils purchase new bins and almost £1.2 million…01 Feb 2024HANSARDFly-tippingWe are giving councils more powers than ever before to deal with fly-tipping. We have raised the minimum penalty fine from £400 to £1,000, and are allowing councils to ringfence…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Heather Burning on PeatlandsThe hon. Lady is nodding, but she might or might not be aware that Ilkley moor is owned by the local authority, Bradford Council, and that no burning has taken place for a…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Heather Burning on PeatlandsOkay. I will continue with another little point—I wanted to ensure that I was doing it all correctly in this Westminster Hall debate. I am happy to tell the hon. Lady that we are…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Heather Burning on PeatlandsThe regulations relate specifically to SSSIs, with the additional protection measures that have been put in place. The majority of licence applications under the 2021 regulations…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Heather Burning on PeatlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) for securing this important debate, and giving me the…23 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkI am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with the detail and figures he requires, but I reassure him that the Government are taking our farmers and the impacts on agricultural…08 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkIt is of course devastating when any community is impacted by flooding. That is why this Government have doubled the amount of funding that we are putting into flood resilience,…08 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkDuring extremely heavy rainfall, which we have seen from not only Storm Henk, but Storm Babet and during the winter period, water companies have worked tirelessly to minimise the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkIt is important for all communities to work together closely, and during my visits over the last two weekends I saw some great examples of local authorities working closely with…08 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkNot only will I write to my hon. Friend, but I am more than happy to meet him to discuss this. It is excellent to note that his local councillors, such as Les Phillimore, are…08 Jan 2024