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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"This is probably something to come back to once we have got past the immediate crisis, but what progress has been made on liaising with the Department for Education on aligning such pre-marriage education with schools’ relationship education, which has now been made compulsory for all young people? Will that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 19 Mar 2020
Environment Bill (Seventh sitting)

"On behalf of Her Majesty’s Opposition, let me say that we appreciate the constructive way in which this has been handled. I thank the Clerks and staff. We look forward to resuming, because we have a lot of amendments to discuss, but I thank everyone for managing to smooth this …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 19 Mar 2020
Environment Bill (Seventh sitting)

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Written Question
Water: Pipelines
Friday 6th March 2020

Asked by: Baroness Debbonaire (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 plans he has in place to ensure that water utility companies (a) repair leaks in their networks and (b) take other steps to reduce water waste.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

The Government welcomes the water industry commitment of a 50% leakage reduction by 2050. This commitment forms part of a target set by Ofwat which is bound to financial penalties or rewards based upon performance as part of the Price Review (PR) process.

In PR19 Ofwat set out a £51 billion five-year investment package for the 2020-25 period, including requirements for water companies to cut leaks by 16% and reduce mains bursts by 12%

Water companies provide data to the Environment Agency on water losses. In 2018-19 reporting period 1570.5 Ml/d was lost.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Agriculture Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"I rise to speak—I am double hatted—not as a Whip, but as a shadow Minister with responsibility for European affairs, formerly Brexit, which I still am at the moment.

I shall speak to amendment 99, which I hope will offer a balance. The Minister obviously understands that we recognise that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Agriculture Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"Good. Excellent. We have that on the record. I happen to like supranational rules—provided that nation states have debated and agreed to them—which advance the course of human wellbeing, equality, sustainable development, animal welfare, biodiversity and all those other wonderful things that the Bill will put into law. I would …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Agriculture Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"I completely understand that agriculture is devolved and compliance is reserved. That is why our amendment would require consultation to take place. It would not be a veto on the part of the devolveds, which I understand others might wish to have. I would like the Minister to consider that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Agriculture Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"I wish to make a few remarks on amendments 32 and 33. We will not support amendment 32 because it provides a veto for Scotland on the reserved matter of WTO compliance. The hon. Lady is right about the WTO; we could have a whole discussion about why and how …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Agriculture Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"I will make a few brief remarks on behalf of the shadow European affairs team. As we leave the European Union, we want to make sure we do not lose anything in terms of our high standards and that we try to spot the places where there is potential for …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Agriculture Bill (Eleventh sitting)

"Is the Minister not making my case that the WTO is therefore the lowest common denominator? It is a real problem that we have ended up heading in this direction...."
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