Water Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments 16 to 30, 32, 33, 43 to 64, 101 to 10...

The Lords amendments relate to the subject of market reform, and in particular to retail exits. B...

May I start by thanking the Minister for his kind comments?

As it is some time since the Bi...

First, I welcome the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Angela Smith) to her new positio...

First, may I welcome you to the Chair, Ms Primarolo? I thank the hon. Member for Penistone and St...

I am most grateful for what my hon. Friend has said, but would he clarify the enhanced affirmativ...

When the House considers options on the enhanced affirmative procedure there are a range of proce...

The Minister will move Lords amendment 1 formally. [Interruption.] I am sorry, Minister, I did no...

I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am delighted that the Chair has such confidence in what ha...

With this it will be convenient to consider Lords amendments 2 to 14, 31, 34 to 42, 65, 66 and 10...

As you have shown, Madam Deputy Speaker, there are many amendments in this group, so I shall try ...

I thank the Minister for introducing the second group of amendments, which relate to some very im...

I shall make just a few comments. Over the last three years, events in Yorkshire have certainly s...

Once again, I thank hon. Members for their contributions. It is fair to say that we have a great ...

I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 67.

With this we may take Lords amendments 68 to 100, 105 and 106.

This group of amendments is mainly to do with flood insurance measures, and includes the Governme...

I am intrigued by and interested in this amendment, not least because so many of my constituents—...

The first thing that will be taken forward is information that a policy has been ceded to Flood R...

As the Minister has explained, this group of amendments relate to the provisions in the Bill on f...

When we took evidence on the insurance aspects of the Bill during the Select Committee’s scrutiny...

I intend to make only a short contribution. The Minister probably heard most of what I said in Co...

Sit down!

The hon. Lady tells me to sit down; that is a good way to work cross-party, if ever there was one...

I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this debate, across a broad range of issues, and...

My hon. Friend says that the scheme applies if there are no more than three flats in the building...

We believe that a significant proportion of the leasehold sector will fall within the scope of Fl...

Will my hon. Friend hark back to the evidence the Select Committee heard from the insurance indus...

We have been absolutely clear that, in such an event, the resources from the Flood Re pot would b...