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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Ivory Bill

"Of course that is a weakness in the Bill, but the Minister and our Front-Bench spokesperson, my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Sandy Martin), mentioned—this is my understanding, too—that the Secretary of State has committed to consulting on extending it to other species. I say to the Secretary of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Water Supply Disruption

"The reality for many thousands of people, including hundreds in my constituency in Arnold, Nottingham, was 24 hours without water and, in some circumstances, no access to bottled water. In particular, people had concerns about vulnerable customers. Can the Minister assure us that companies such as Severn Trent will now …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Feb 2018
Anti-Corruption Strategy: Illegal Wildlife Trade

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Central and Acton (Dr Huq) on securing this important debate. I do not want to speak for long, but I felt it was important to make a short contribution to …..."
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Written Question
Water: Meters
Tuesday 16th January 2018

Asked by: Lord Coaker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households in (a) each local authority (b) each region and (c) England that have been fitted with water meters.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

Water companies provide data to the Environment Agency on households that have a meter fitted, as part of the annual review of their water resources management plans. The following table sets out the proportions by water company, as of March 2017.

Water Company

Percentage of household metering

Affinity Water

47

Anglian Water

77

Bristol Water

47

Cambridge Water

70

Essex & Suffolk Water

58

Northumbrian Water

32

Portsmouth Water

28

Bournemouth Water

69

SES Water*

50

Severn Trent

41

South East Water

76

South Staffordshire Water

35

South West Water

79

Southern Water

84

Thames Water

39

United Utilities

38

Wessex Water

60

Yorkshire Water

49

England

50

* previously Sutton & East Surrey Water

Speech in General Committees - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Draft Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017

"The impact assessment talks about “other products”, which will not be covered by the regulations. Will the Minister tell us, now or later in her remarks, what the other products containing microbeads that will not be covered by the regulations are?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Draft Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017

"The hon. Member for North East Hampshire is absolutely right to say that the Committee is unanimous in welcoming these regulations, but clearly we are all impatient. We all want more to be done yesterday. Nobody is being churlish about welcoming these regulations, but it is incumbent on the Committee …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Draft Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that was the major contribution I wanted to make. We can talk about that passion for reform and say that it is a good thing. The 70% of the major cosmetics companies that have already taken action should be complimented and held up …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Draft Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"On animal welfare standards, whether we are in the EU or outside it, will the Secretary of State consider the importance of labelling so that people know what they are buying? When a label says that a chicken has been reared outside or been stunned or not stunned, people must …..."
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Written Question
Plastics
Thursday 19th October 2017

Asked by: Lord Coaker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the use of plastic in (a) retail packaging and (b) food outlets.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson), on 13 September 2017, PQ UIN 8711.