Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Sewage Discharges
"My constituency of South Cambridgeshire is home to many beautiful chalk streams: the Mel, the Shep, the Rhee—I played in them as a kid. That is why the issue of sewage discharges is so important to me and my constituents. It is clear that sewage discharges are completely unacceptable. We …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Sewage Pollution
"The discharge of sewage into waterways, including the beautiful chalk streams of South Cambridgeshire, is clearly completely unacceptable, which is why I welcome the package of measures the Secretary of State talked about earlier finally to tackle the problem. Enforcement is a lot more effective if we hit owners and …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 16th June 2022
Asked by:
Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales, which closed on 18 March 2022.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
The Government has always been clear about the need to end the use of peat and peat-containing products in horticulture in England. The Government therefore published a full consultation on banning the sale of peat and peat-containing products in the amateur sector by the end of this Parliament in England and Wales.
The Government also asked for any evidence stakeholders can provide on the impacts of ending the use of peat and peat-containing products. We received over 5000 individual responses to the consultation, many of which contained detailed data and supporting evidence. We are aiming to publish our formal response to the consultation as soon as possible.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
"I want to speak in support of the Bill. Anyone who comes to the rural idyll of South Cambridgeshire and sees the fields of golden wheat, yellow rapeseed and barley swaying in the wind, or indeed goes and sees the cattle herds in the south-west of England or the sheep …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 15th December 2021
Asked by:
Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)
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 ensure that bonuses paid to senior water company management are aligned with their company’s requirements to meet environmental objectives.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
The Board Leadership, Transparency and Governance principles issued by Ofwat set out expectations on transparency of executive pay (see link here: Board leadership, transparency and governance – Ofwat). Water companies are now required by their licence conditions to meet the objectives of the principles, and to demonstrate the link between their performance and performance-pay for executive teams.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Jan 2021
Environment Bill
"As chair of the all-party parliamentary environment group and as a member of the Environment Bill Committee, I very strongly welcome this Bill. As we have heard, it may not give everything that everyone wants, but it is a huge step forward in protecting the planet. I really welcome the …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Eighteenth sitting)
"As a trained mathematician, I fully support the use of data supporting policy and as chair of the Government’s Regulatory Policy Committee, it was my job to ensure that we had evidence-based policy making. However, I do not think it is good enough just to say that there should or …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)
"I want to make a general philosophical point about “mays” and “musts”. We have been talking about this matter a lot over the past couple of weeks. Obviously, our end objectives are the same: we all want a Bill that strengthens environmental protection, and a strong and independent Office for …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 12 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)
"There is a specific issue in terms of plastic and why there is a need to focus on it: it is not biodegradable. It stays permanently in the oceans and is often very difficult to recycle. That is why there are so many tonnes of plastic floating around in the …..."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 12 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)
"I do. Well, I do not subscribe to The Guardian, but I recycle The Times...."Anthony Browne - View Speech
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