There will be a debate on the impact of waste management sites on local communities in Westminster Hall on 15 July 2026 at 2.30pm

There will be a debate on the impact of waste management sites on local communities in Westminster Hall on 15 July 2026 at 2.30pm

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency is not measuring pollution, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, from motorway outfalls into the River Lune at Tebay.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency is not measuring pollution, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, from motorway outfalls into the River Lune at Tebay.

My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding (Emma Hardy MP), has made the following statement.

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to address the challenges posed by per‑ and poly‑fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often known as “forever chemicals”, and to announce the publication of the UK...

My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding (Emma Hardy MP), has made the following statement.

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to address the challenges posed by per‑ and poly‑fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often known as “forever chemicals”, and to announce the publication of the UK...

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to address the challenges posed by per‑ and poly‑fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often known as “forever chemicals”, and to announce the publication of the UK Government’s PFAS Plan.

PFAS represent a global and long-term environmental challenge. Their persistence, mobility and widespread historic...

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to address the challenges posed by per‑ and poly‑fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often known as “forever chemicals”, and to announce the publication of the UK Government’s PFAS Plan.

PFAS represent a global and long-term environmental challenge. Their persistence, mobility and widespread historic...

This POSTnote outlines evidence on environmental risks from legacy landfill sites in England, related policy and regulation, remediation and reducing risks.

This POSTnote outlines evidence on environmental risks from legacy landfill sites in England, related policy and regulation, remediation and reducing risks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department monitors the discharge of highway runoff entering rivers along the network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department monitors the discharge of highway runoff entering rivers along the network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that data on (a) aircraft noise and (b) emissions from Farnborough Airport is (i) publicly available and (ii) independently verified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that data on (a) aircraft noise and (b) emissions from Farnborough Airport is (i) publicly available and (ii) independently verified.

Lords statement on the Government's plans to reform the water sector.

Lords statement on the Government's plans to reform the water sector.

My Lords, first, I congratulate Sir Jon Cunliffe and his team on this thoroughly detailed review of the water industry. There are many of his 88 recommendations we support, including the replacement of Ofwat.

In the other place and on the airwaves last weekend, the Secretary of State for Defra tried...

My Lords, first, I congratulate Sir Jon Cunliffe and his team on this thoroughly detailed review of the water industry. There are many of his 88 recommendations we support, including the replacement of Ofwat.

In the other place and on the airwaves last weekend, the Secretary of State for Defra tried...

My Lords, I thank the Government for making time for the repeat of this Statement. I also thank my noble friend Lady Grender for having another critical engagement at this time, thus allowing me to speak on the subject which had become routine for me over the preceding years. The...

My Lords, I thank the Government for making time for the repeat of this Statement. I also thank my noble friend Lady Grender for having another critical engagement at this time, thus allowing me to speak on the subject which had become routine for me over the preceding years. The...

I thank noble Lords for their broad support for the recommendations that have come out of the Cunliffe report. This is a very important step forward in cleaning up our waterways.

The Statement talks about the five recommendations that we are taking forward immediately, including: the new statutory water ombudsman, ending...

I thank noble Lords for their broad support for the recommendations that have come out of the Cunliffe report. This is a very important step forward in cleaning up our waterways.

The Statement talks about the five recommendations that we are taking forward immediately, including: the new statutory water ombudsman, ending...

My Lords, the Minister and I have a long and mainly happy history of trying to reform the water industry, including the replacement of Ofwat. I read with interest the 88 recommendations in this very timely and useful report. There is a lot to discuss, much of it welcome, but...

My Lords, the Minister and I have a long and mainly happy history of trying to reform the water industry, including the replacement of Ofwat. I read with interest the 88 recommendations in this very timely and useful report. There is a lot to discuss, much of it welcome, but...

Any new board must have the right expertise if it is to deliver what we want for the industry. The noble Lord makes a very important point that whatever that expertise is, we must ensure that any future regulatory systems are set up to do the job they are supposed...

Any new board must have the right expertise if it is to deliver what we want for the industry. The noble Lord makes a very important point that whatever that expertise is, we must ensure that any future regulatory systems are set up to do the job they are supposed...

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My Lords, one of the things we discussed in the Climate Change Committee was the performance of the regulator. An issue raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, in her instructive comments, was the revolving door between the water companies and the regulator, in both directions. What action will the...

My Lords, one of the things we discussed in the Climate Change Committee was the performance of the regulator. An issue raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, in her instructive comments, was the revolving door between the water companies and the regulator, in both directions. What action will the...