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HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur rivers, lakes and seas are awash with pollution. The public are rightly furious about leaking pipes and sewage spills, and we have not built a new reservoir in this country…20 Mar 2025HANSARDThames Water: Financial ViabilityI am of course having conversations. I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that the company remains stable, and that the Government are closely monitoring the situation.20 Mar 2025HANSARDNFU Conference: Farm ProfitabilityToday at the NFU conference, I made several announcements to make farming more profitable: Extending the Seasonal Worker visa route for five more years will give farms a pipeline…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe National Farmers Union and other interested parties have quite rightly raised concerns about the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Germany. We are relieved that there has…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe first role of any Government is to protect their citizens. Yesterday we announced that we are committing a record £2.65 billion to build and maintain around 1,000 flood…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Member is fully aware of the appalling state the public finances were left in at the end of his Government. This Government have had to take very difficult…06 Feb 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityI thank my hon. Friend for his service on the Water (Special Measures) Bill Committee. He will know that the Bill creates new powers for the regulator, including banning the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to the Friends of the Itchen Estuary for their advocacy on this important issue. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ran a consultation on reforms…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the shadow Secretary of State really cared about value for money, she would not have wasted £500,000 on relocating her office in the Department of Health, a project that was…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRiver HealthThe hon. Lady makes an important point. Our farming road map will look at how we can reduce run-off from agriculture, which is a major source of pollution in our waterways. We are…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRiver HealthThe money announced in Ofwat’s final determination before Christmas will create record levels of investment in our water system to do precisely what the hon. Gentleman says,…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRiver HealthThe previous Government did nothing as water companies discharged record levels of sewage into our waterways. The Water (Special Measures) Bill will create new powers, including…06 Feb 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Bills, of course, are going up because the previous Government did nothing as our sewerage infrastructure crumbled and millions of pounds…06 Feb 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityI am more than happy to ask the Minister for water, my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (Emma Hardy), to meet the hon. Gentleman, who raises an…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Defence InvestmentCommunities, homes, businesses and farmland are increasingly impacted by more frequent and severe floods. This winter alone the UK has experienced five storms in fewer than five…05 Feb 2025HANSARDLand Use ConsultationLast week, the Government opened their consultation on land use in England. This is the launch of a national conversation on land use, and will inform the development of a land…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. Our rivers, lakes and seas are awash with pollution. The legacy of 14 years of Conservative failure is the highest level…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I echo my hon. Friend’s commendation for the citizen scientists and the work they have done to highlight the scale of the problem. The support for the Bill across the House and…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and I welcome those investments. From visiting him in his constituency, I know what a champion he is for cleaning up the water and the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Sir Jon Cunliffe’s commission will be reviewing precisely those points, and I hope the hon. Gentleman will take the opportunity to contribute his views when the call for evidence…28 Jan 2025