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HANSARDFarmingThe answer, which is quicker than playing around with the architecture of agencies and national Government, is for the Government to get a grip. These agencies are responsible to…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillI congratulate the right hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) on introducing the Bill. I am sorry about her throat, and I hope her voice recovers quickly. Livestock…02 Feb 2024HANSARDStorm HenkI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. Storm Henk has wreaked havoc across the country: thousands of homes are severely damaged, businesses have been devastated,…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Secretary of State to his place. He will have seen the BBC “Panorama” investigation that exposed how this Conservative Government have turned a blind eye to…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI beg to move, That this House regrets that 13 years of successive Conservative Governments have broken the water industry and its regulatory framework; is deeply concerned about…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesMy hon. Friend makes an accurate observation. People were promised one thing but the Government then tried to do the opposite.05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI am grateful for the work that my hon. Friend has led in exposing some of the same problems as my predecessor in this post. He clearly knows an awful lot about these issues, and…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s recognition that the situation is indeed getting worse. That should stimulate all of us to find ways of taking action to protect water…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe hon. Lady makes a very important point very eloquently. She is a tireless campaigner on these issues and I am sure that many people who care about the state of our rivers will…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesMy hon. Friend rightly expresses the anger his constituents feel. Their bills are going up to pay bonuses to water bosses who have allowed this situation to continue to…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe hon. Member can be as much as of an apologist as she likes for the filthy, toxic sewage swilling through our rivers, but her constituents will hear what she says, contrast it…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesHeaven forfend that anyone would make a partisan speech in this place. I do not believe that the quality of water on our beaches is acceptable. Many campaign groups, such as…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesIt is hard to know whether discipline has broken down in the Conservative party; its Members seem able to rebel with impunity. When the Minister speaks, I am sure she will…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesAs always, my hon. Friend makes an important point very eloquently. I am sure that all our constituents up and down the country are appalled by what they have seen not just on…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI will not be that kind to you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Our beautiful waterways have been polluted by the highest level of illegal sewage discharges in our history under this…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe right hon. Gentleman’s intervention started off well but it tailed off towards the end. If we can shift to a reliance on clean energy rather than on fossil fuels, we will…05 Dec 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Water Pollution and OverflowsLast year, this Government oversaw record levels of illegal sewage discharges into our rivers and waterways after they cut enforcement, and then they let the water bosses reward…19 Oct 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer Overflows(Urgent Question ): To ask the Secretary of State if she will make a statement on combined sewer overflows.13 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsNothing more graphically illustrates 13 years of failed Tory government than the tide of raw sewage swilling down our rivers, into our lakes and washing up on our beaches. The…13 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I add my congratulations to Dame Sue Carr on her historic appointment? When he was Chancellor, the current Prime Minister let the murderous boss of Russia’s mercenary Wagner…27 Jun 2023