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That this House is alarmed at plans to abolish the specific provisions on toilets in the School Premises Regulations; notes that school toilet facilities are inconsistent and often poor; further notes the research carried out in 2003 on behalf of the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association that foundtwo per...

Primary sponsor
Valerie Vaz (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
20 December 2011
Reference
2561
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he plans to announce the outcomes of his Department's review of support for water and sanitation programmes; and if he will ensure the review will set out his Department's plans to tackle water and sanitation related diarrhoeal diseases.

Asked by
William Cash (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 2011
Reference
87634; 537 c1169W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to increase the number of countries where his Department has water and sanitation programmes.

Asked by
William Cash (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 2011
Reference
87635; 537 c1169W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department has plans for water and sanitation programmes in Pakistan.

Asked by
William Cash (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 2011
Reference
87636; 537 c1169W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will attend the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting on 20 April 2012 for the purpose of addressing the lack of political priority given to sanitation in many developing countries.

Asked by
William Cash (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 2011
Reference
87638; 537 c1170W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department has undertaken any analysis of the effectiveness of water meters in reducing long-term levels of water consumption.

Asked by
Bob Ainsworth (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 December 2011
Reference
86952; 537 c907-8W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of water-bill payers in (a) the South West and (b) other regions of the UK who spend more than five per cent. of their income on their water bills.

Asked by
Alison Seabeck (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 December 2011
Reference
86937; 537 c908W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what programmes his Department supports to educate children in international crisis zones on the importance of clean water.

Asked by
Mark Menzies (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 2011
Reference
85875; 537 c827W
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are making use of the media to inform the public about their support for international water programmes; and whether they have made representations to intergovernmental bodies such as the United Nations about using the internet to publicise their comments, deliberations and conclusions about...

Asked by
Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 December 2011
Reference
13862; 733 c258-9WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to monitor the use of funds provided by his Department to ensure that people have access to clean water sanitation and other similar services.

Asked by
Lord Khan of Tooting (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2011
Reference
85593; 537 c598W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to attend the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting on 20 April 2012; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Lord Khan of Tooting (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2011
Reference
85527; 537 c598W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will attend the High Level Meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership in Washington on 20 April 2012; what steps his Department is taking to improve access to sanitation and water in developing countries; and if he...

Asked by
Richard Burden (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2011
Reference
86021; 537 c599W
House
House of Commons

I am today laying before Parliament ““Water for Life””, our water White Paper. This sets out the Government's vision for securing sustainable and resilient water supplies through to 2050. It builds on the success of the sector since water privatisation, while recognising that population growth and climate change will place...

Member
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
537 c44-5WS
House
House of Commons

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. I am today laying before Parliament Water for Life, our water White Paper. This sets out the Government’s vision for securing sustainable and resilient water supplies through to 2050. It builds on the success of the...

Member
Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
733 c96-8WS
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will co-ordinate their support for international water programmes with their objective of improving public health and food supply and meeting the millennium goals.

Asked by
Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
13861; 733 c200WA
House
House of Lords

I have looked very carefully at that issue, and as my hon. Friend will know we are in the process of a very exciting change in how we manage our waterways, in transferring British Waterways to the charitable sector. There remains the opportunity to use our canals to move water...

Member
Lord Benyon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
537 c404
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend is right: we released only the parts of the White Paper that were market sensitive to the stock exchange, after informing Mr Speaker. I gather that there is precedent for such a move and I am grateful for the general support for it. My hon. Friend's constituents,...

Member
Lord Benyon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
537 c407
House
House of Commons

Lincolnshire, where my constituency sits, is one of the driest counties in the country, somewhat counter-intuitively. Water is therefore of great importance to my constituents and in particular to those who farm. Will the Minister assure the House that there are no proposals in the White Paper that will adversely...

Member
Stephen Phillips (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
537 c406
House
House of Commons
Lead member
Mary Creagh
Answering member
Lord Benyon
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Urgent questions
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
537 c401
House
House of Commons

That is a clear priority. We hope to have a water Bill to take those methods forward. We looked closely at the recommendations of the Cave report and those from a number of other quarters about retail separation. We are making substantial changes on competition, but we were not persuaded...

Member
Lord Benyon (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 December 2011
Reference
537 c406
House
House of Commons