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HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I will come on that, and the hon. Gentleman will regret asking that question. I am going to set out our record on water, because it is important that this Government act on the…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I will give way in a moment. The data must be used to improve water quality, which is why our landmark Environment Act 2021 gave stronger powers to regulators and imposed stricter…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I imagine the hon. Gentleman presents himself as a fair-minded individual to his constituents. When the Thames tideway super-sewer is open and functioning, presumably he will say…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I will do in a moment—I am not like the Secretary of State. The truth is that Labour Members do not like hearing the facts. We brought forward measures to ensure that companies…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]No, it is because they know that we have already put most of these powers into place and that this is a PR exercise. None the less, it is an important topic, which is why we will…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I thank my right hon. Friend. That shows that we on this side can count, unlike the cockeyed accounting of the Chancellor and her Ministers. In Committee and beyond, the…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Of course the constituents’ experience that the hon. Lady has described is not acceptable. I do not think anyone would say that it was. Sometimes the public are switched off by…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Of course we understand that, and it is why we put the powers into the Environment Act 2021 that I am sure the hon. Gentleman and many others voted to support. I hope we can move…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI thank the hon. Gentleman for intervening. The evidence is building again and again against the assurances that the Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance Taxrose —04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxAs the first female Prime Minister said, if they are going after you personally, it means you are winning the argument. Let me help the hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby with…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI will give way to the hon. Lady. I hope that she does not fall into the category that I just described.04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI thank the hon. Lady sincerely for raising that point, because she has—perhaps unwittingly—identified a contradiction in DEFRA’s own claims. It talks about a £300 million…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxMy right hon. Friend, who has a wonderful way with words, asks a question that many members of rural communities up and down the United Kingdom are asking themselves. In fact,…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI will give way to my right hon. Friend and neighbour and then I will make some progress.04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxIt is a great pleasure to have the right hon. Gentleman not just as a friend but as my Lincolnshire neighbour. He has put his finger on the point—genuinely, it is the next…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxMy hon. Friend and Lincolnshire neighbour sets out exactly the personal impact of the tax. I know how Treasury Ministers look at spreadsheets and those terribly impressive packs…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxDo not worry; I will deal with that. I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the important issue of mental health in farming across the national health service. I was proud to…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI sincerely thank my right hon. Friend for setting out clearly the choice ahead of Members across the House. We on the Opposition Benches know who we are standing up for. We back…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI am so sorry—in fairness, the hon. Gentleman was obviously speaking to farmers in his constituency on Sunday. Did I hear that there is a protest going on in his constituency at…04 Dec 2024