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HANSARDWater Sector Reform: ConsultationI start by acknowledging, on VE Day, the debt that we all owe to that great generation who sacrificed so much for our freedom. We will remember them and their sacrifice forever.…08 May 2025HANSARDMonitoring Sewage Overflows: ScotlandOfficials and I continue to maintain regular engagement with the Scottish Government on many issues. While sewage overflow monitoring is a devolved matter for Scotland, we…08 May 2025HANSARDMonitoring Sewage Overflows: ScotlandI am sure that the hon. Lady will be reassured to hear that the Government have ringfenced money that is earmarked for investment in water infrastructure so that it can no longer…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFly-tipping scandalously shot up by over a third under the previous Conservative Government, and the public are rightly furious when they see their communities buried under an…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to hear that people are enjoying the River Camel trail. It is wonderful to visit and we want to extend more of these walks across the country so that more people…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI express my regret that the shadow Secretary of State would seek to politicise personal tragedy in this way. It is immensely regrettable that she would seek to do that; none of…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs is so often the case from that particular source, that is a complete misrepresentation of the truth. Nothing of the kind is happening. Rather than trying to politicise and…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere have been no announcements yet, and I cannot pre-empt them, but we have been crystal clear that we have red lines. We will not allow British farmers to be undercut on…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for welcoming the trade deal with India; it is a £4.8 billion boost to the UK economy, and very good news for our whisky and gin producers—and for…08 May 2025HANSARDWater Sector Reform: ConsultationWe recognise the importance of that point. The hon. Lady will be aware that, at the close of the price review process, we secured £104 billion of investment now and over the next…08 May 2025HANSARDSewageI will this time, because the hon. Gentleman has been very persistent.23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to end and insert “recognises that the Government inherited a broken water system, with record levels of sewage being pumped…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI will make some progress, because I do not want to take up too much of the debate. Last month the Water Minister and I toured the country to see where and how the investment will…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageIf the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I will make a little more progress, because I have already taken up more than 20 minutes of other Members’ time. Sir Jon is looking into how…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageThe right hon. Gentleman is entirely right, and I have asked Sir Jon Cunliffe to consider measures that we could implement to start to address that and, indeed, wider issues…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI know the River Ver very well; I used to walk past it every day on my way to primary school at the Abbey primary school at the bottom of the abbey orchard. I would be happy to…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageWith the greatest respect, the hon. Lady’s party had 14 years to take action, and did nothing. Although I am grateful to the Liberal Democrats for calling this debate, and I think…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am angry about the bill rises, as she is. I am sure that Members on both sides of the House are angry about them, but in a very real sense,…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI recognise the catastrophe that the hon. Member is talking about. It is not just that the water is polluted; the water becomes toxic, and it is killing ecosystems and damaging…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI will give way two more times and then I had better make some progress, or Madam Deputy Speaker will chastise me as she chastised the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale.23 Apr 2025