Environment Bill

I am delighted to be here in the House for what I really hope will be the final time discussing t...

Will the Minister give way on that point?

I am going to rattle on. We have one hour only, but I will respond in my closing speech as much a...

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I hope that might answer the point the hon. Member was going to ask.

Draft guidance will ne...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not take any interventions, because I just want to get this on the record, if the hon. Gen...

No, I will not be voting at all.

Apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker—that is a pity. My fault—I got carried away. Today, I am asking t...

Here we are again—it is 648 days since the Environment Bill was first introduced to Parliament an...

The hon. Member will no doubt be aware that I am seeking water bathing status for the Thames alon...

As a keen wild swimmer, I want bathing water quality in our rivers to improve massively, not just...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Trust is paramount for the communities up and down the g...

I believe that the public are seriously concerned about what has happened in the House over the p...

We all want to clean up the rivers. Could the hon. Gentleman give some idea of the timetable and ...

Funnily enough, that is a point that I was going to refer to the Minister, because there is no ti...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will keep going, just because of the pressure on time.

It is not just the Opposition who ...

I am very conscious of time, so I will be brief. I rise to discuss Lords amendment 45 and the Gov...

I will not speak for very long. I am aware—as always—that the Bill is largely concerned with Engl...

Order. I hope that the next contributions will be very brief indeed, because we can only keep the...

It is a pleasure to speak about these Lords amendments.

I welcome the Government’s progress...

As the hon. Gentleman knows, if we do not accept the Wellington amendment, we will all have to we...

I thank my hon. Friend—I will call him my hon. Friend—from the Select Committee. As he rightly sa...

I will now put on a time limit of three minutes so that we can get as many people in as possible....

I want to thank everyone in my constituency who has written to me about the Environment Bill duri...

I would very much like to thank the Minister for her clarity today. I represent a constituency th...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate, but I will not take too long. I want to ask the Minister...

I will be as brief as possible, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the Ministers for listening and for...

I rise to oppose the Government motion to disagree with Lords amendment 45B on sewage discharges....

I will be brief, because I know we want to end. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlo...

I will finish within a minute and 20 seconds, Madam Deputy Speaker. Let us just focus on the sewa...

We have been two and a quarter years bringing this enormous Bill through Parliament. I want to th...