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HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]As the noble Baroness sits down, I must say that I did not find her arguments for not accepting a duty to implement to be very convincing. I therefore wonder if she would at least…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 51 in my name has been put in this group even though it relates to a different clause. Clause 3 deals with emergency overflows and seeks to define an emergency…30 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, I said yesterday in Committee on the Water Bill that I very much welcome this review and congratulate the Government on having instituted it. Perhaps I could probe the…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I congratulate the Government on having set up, last week, the review under Sir Jon Cunliffe. That is an excellent move by the Government; a very respected…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 18 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Remnant, which simply deletes new subsection (5)(c) on page 2. It seems to me that we cannot allow the…28 Oct 2024 Bills sponsored (1)