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HANSARDNew Social Housing: Buckingham and BletchleyI am sure that it will come as no surprise to my hon. Friend that I wholeheartedly welcome the delivery of 183 new council homes in his constituency. I fully agree that the Lakes…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss his concerns.13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy No. 1 priority is to get Britain building again: we will build, baby, build. That means putting Britain on a path to end the moral stain of homelessness and rough sleeping that…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, for her work in supporting disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Oldham and her strong support for the Pride in…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that the right hon. Gentleman was a strong supporter of Liz Truss when she stood for leadership of the Conservative party, but surely he cannot have forgotten what she did:…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have to say again that the right hon. Gentleman’s devotion to Trussonomics is admirable, particularly given that we have already seen it fail once. We heard from the shadow…13 Oct 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityThe previous Conservative Government quite disgracefully let water bosses awards themselves more than £112 million in bonuses that they did not deserve. This Government are…04 Sept 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityMy hon. Friend is a great champion for her constituents in east London, on this matter as on many others. With her support, this Government have secured a record £104 billion to…04 Sept 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityAs my hon. Friend rightly says, that payment has outraged customers, and I have asked Ofwat to assess its legality as a matter of urgency. I will not tolerate any company…04 Sept 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on raising that important issue, and I agree with the points he makes. The SNP Government in Scotland should be taking a much tougher line…04 Sept 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point, which has been raised in the House before. That scheme was put in place and relates to years when the Conservative party was in…04 Sept 2025HANSARDHousehold Water BillsCustomers were hit with outrageous bill increases last year as a direct result of the previous Government’s failure to ensure that water and sewage pipes were properly maintained…04 Sept 2025HANSARDHousehold Water BillsMy hon. Friend is right to advocate so strongly for his constituents in Derby at a time when they are experiencing the cost of living crisis, as others are. I thank him for his…04 Sept 2025HANSARDHousehold Water BillsThe hon. Gentleman is showing why the problem persists—if the SNP does not recognise the problem, there is no way that it can fix it. I have published the data and I stand by it:…04 Sept 2025HANSARDHousehold Water BillsThe reason that Thames is in the state that it is in is the weak, so-called “light-touch” regulation that the Conservatives imposed on the water companies when they should have…04 Sept 2025HANSARDDorset Coast: PollutionMy hon. Friend showed me the scale of pollution on the Dorset coast and I share his determination to put a stop to it. This Government are fixing the broken sewage pipes that are…04 Sept 2025HANSARDDorset Coast: PollutionNationalisation is not the answer, because it would require handing over more than £100 billion to water company owners that could only be raised through higher taxation or cuts…04 Sept 2025HANSARDDorset Coast: PollutionI have enjoyed visiting Milton Abbas on many very happy occasions. I agree with the point that the hon. Gentleman makes. We are working with farmers and landowners to ensure that…04 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we have heard, this summer has seen wildfires burning across our countryside. I add my thanks to the emergency services, who were out in force to battle those fires, but so too…04 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important and timely point. Through the floods resilience taskforce, we are looking at how we can update the modelling to make sure that all areas that…04 Sept 2025