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HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I will say a brief word on the new clause. This is important, and I would like to add to the detail that my hon. Friend the Member for Witney has set out. Essentially, we have two…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)We are not going to push this to a vote. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn.16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for the intervention; I am sure that is the case, and the two are not mutually exclusive. I want to see houses built. The great frustration in our…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. We have conferred, and hon. Members will be delighted to hear that we have two proposed new clauses to go and we will not…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. What we are talking about, though, is a toolkit that is being provided for the voluntary sector and for activists up and down the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)We dealt with that with other amendments; even though they are not part of the Bill, that would be covered by the suite of things we have proposed. Fundamentally, all we are…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I am grateful for that well-informed and thoughtful intervention. The hon. Member is absolutely right: that is what we should do. To be reasonable, we want people who understand…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)That is an excellent point, and if I was pushing the new clause to a vote, that might make me think twice. I am not the only person who has done this, but I have spoken at length…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Dr Huq, and Mr Vickers, in his absence, for brilliantly chairing our five Committee sittings. I will not list everyone that the hon. Member for Epping Forest just did,…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 35 Companies to be placed in special measures for missing pollution targets “In section 2 of the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseI confess that all of us in Westmorland and across rural Britain feel a sense of terror at this news, as we recall the devastation and horror of the 2001 outbreak. I will never…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityIt is a genuine pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Dowd. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Monmouthshire (Catherine Fookes), who made a great speech, and has…15 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for her very reasonable intervention. In the extremely unlikely event that the Committee rejects my new clause today, we will of course submit our ideas to…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am not entirely reassured but I am partially at least and we have no desire to push this new clause a vote. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave,…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I will try to be brief and speak to both new clauses. For the Committee’s information, we will not seek to press new clause 7 to a vote, but we will seek to press new clause 20. I…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)In-depth analysis is not going to tell us anything other than that there is massive inconsistency across the country. Of course, WaterSure provides benefits, but it is different…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am reassured to a large degree by what the Minister says, but I am concerned that it is not on the face of the Bill. Simply handing this over to Ofwat, given its track record,…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am happy to accept many of the assurances that the Minister gave, particularly on the role of Government amendment 5—I learn something new every day. The Liberal Democrats…14 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.14 Jan 2025