Middle Level Bill

I will make some progress and then I will happily give way.

For those not familiar with the...

The levels are very important because they often have quite sensitive archaeology. Would the Bill...

My understanding from the promoters of the Bill is that it is about the framework for the managem...

Now that my hon. Friend is taking interventions, may I ask him what his status is? He is telling ...

My hon. Friend is a doughty scrutiniser of Bills, even if they do not relate to Christchurch. I k...

I am not directly affected by the Bill, but the drains and waterways in question are adjacent to ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; I could not have put it better myself.

Why do ...

May I, through you, Madam Deputy Speaker, offer my sincerest apologies for my lateness? I was det...

My hon. Friend shows his exceptional knowledge of his constituency and the assets that support it...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will make some more progress and then I will be only too happy to give way again.

The reg...

My hon. Friend is making a very good speech. May I put it to him that, at first sight, the Bill i...

I will respond to those comments when I come on to the petitions. However, I agree with my hon. F...

Is it right to say that the consultation took place at the same time as the EU referendum, the ou...

I know that my hon. Friend would agree with me that people are more than able to deal with two is...

My hon. Friend is being generous in giving way. He made the key point earlier to my hon. Friend t...

I thank my hon. Friend for putting succinctly the exact points that need to be made. The current ...

I am pleased to speak to the private Bill on behalf of the official Opposition. I thank the hon. ...

Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her extremely kind remarks. She will be aware of two things. ...

As my hon. Friend shows, he is assiduous in ensuring that people who start their journey in his c...

I begin with the remark that all politics is local. We are now discussing the Middle Level Bill, ...

I thank my hon. Friend and constituency near neighbour for giving way. Does he accept that this i...

May I add to the congratulations of the House on my hon. Friend’s birthday? If I may say so, he i...

I come from Somerset, and while I am not familiar with the exact area, my example is just the sam...

I am mindful of time and know that other Members want to contribute, particularly my hon. Friend ...

I am mindful of the hour, so I will keep my contribution brief. As a member of the all-party parl...

Something that has been in the press over the past few weeks is the amount of litter that has bee...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. When I am out on the waterways, I certainly notice stretches...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am about to conclude, so I will continue because I am mindful of the time pressure.

The B...

This debate would not be taking place if I had not blocked the Bill from going through on the nod...

When he intervened on my speech, my hon. Friend cited the example of the March cruising club. I h...

I am glad that my hon. Friend agrees with the need for informal engagement before the Bill goes t...

My hon. Friend says that rights are being taken away. Surely we are talking about the introductio...

As a result of the Bill, owners of private waters that are not subject to the Middle Level Commis...

Does my hon. Friend agree that there is confusion about the duties and responsibilities of the au...

Again, that is a good point, and it has been raised in several of the petitions.

Mr Moore e...

I am not sure whether my hon. Friend is aware of the preamble to the Nene Navigation Act 1753, wh...

I do not quite know what point my hon. Friend is making, because he is referring to a preamble to...

It has been a pleasure to sit through this debate. I will not detain the House any longer by goin...