Debate on bill on Wednesday, 9 October 2024, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Hayman of Ullock. The answering members were Lord Blencathra and Lord Roborough.

Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 839 cc2021-2073
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Water (Special Measures) Bill (HL) 2024-26
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Bills
House of Lords; Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 17 of 2024–25
Thursday, 3 October 2024
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 839 cc2056-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to follow the noble Lord. I congratulate the Government on bringing forward this B...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 839 cc2021-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to begin the Second Reading of the Water (Special Measures) Bill. Improv...; Lord Blencathra | 839 cc2025-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register.
This is an interesting little B...; Earl Russell | 839 cc2026-2031 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. There is much to welcome in the Bill...; Duke of Wellington | 839 cc2031-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Bill. It demonstrates a much greater determination by the new Government ...; Lord Lipsey | 839 cc2032-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my wife and I have had the privilege of living in the Wye valley in Wales for nearly 30...; Baroness Browning | 839 cc2034-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, and I congratulate him on...; Baroness Parminter | 839 c2036 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, yesterday we learned that water companies failed, for the fourth year in a row, to meet...; 839 c2036 (Link to this contribution)
Wellington.; Baroness Parminter | 839 c2036 (Link to this contribution)
I heard on Radio 4’s “Today” programme that the response from the regulator was that what was nee...; 839 c2037 (Link to this contribution)
Wellington.; Baroness Parminter | 839 cc2037-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am so sorry: the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington—it is not easy to muddle the two, so apolog...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 839 cc2038-2040 (Link to this contribution)
It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, but it is also daunting, be...; Lord Sikka | 839 cc2040-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. ...; Lord Remnant | 839 cc2042-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest as having been a non-executive director of Severn Trent, the larg...; Baroness Pinnock | 839 cc2044-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as many have said, this Bill makes the first tentative steps in the right direction tow...; Earl of Devon | 839 cc2046-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. As explained, this is one step in a mult...; Lord Inglewood | 839 cc2048-2050 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by declaring my interests in the register and by saying how much I enjoyed the ...; Lord Whitty | 839 cc2050-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not wish to repeat the statements that have been made on various sides so far, so ...; Lord Douglas-Miller | 839 cc2052-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. I congratulate the Govern...; Lord Cromwell | 839 cc2053-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the intention of this Bill in its pre-Committee stage. I know that the Minist...; Baroness Young of Old Scone | 839 cc2057-2060 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as a former chief executive of the Environment Agency and, brief...; Lord Sandhurst | 839 cc2060-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Minister to her place.
It is interesting that this Bill should have...; Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 839 cc2062-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on her introduction to this Bill. The issue of continual se...; Lord Roborough | 839 cc2064-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to speak at Second Reading of this important Bill, which is being follow...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 839 cc2068-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a very interesting and worthwhile debate. I thank all noble Lords who hav...; Lord Sikka | 839 c2069 (Link to this contribution)
First, can the Minister say how many billions of pounds, and can she publish that calculation? Se...; Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 839 cc2069-2073 (Link to this contribution)
Rather than get into a discussion around this, as I have a lot of questions to answer, I suggest ...
Notes: Welsh legislative consent sought.
Subjects: Devolution Capital investment Criminal liability Fees and charges Enforcement Fines Infrastructure Insolvency Land drainage Environment Agency Drinking Water Inspectorate Ministerial powers Ofwat Pollution Powers Managers Monitoring Standards Performance related pay Water Regulation Sewage Water companies Corporate governance Natural Resources Wales
Legislation: Water (Special Measures) Bill (HL) 2024-26
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

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