Water Bill

My Lords, I have a question for the Minister in this general area. Does he feel that this propose...

Before the noble Lord sits down, does he have any information as to whether sea-water pumped back...

My Lords, I think that it depends almost exclusively on how that water has been treated by the co...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, has explained, Amendment 154 would require onshore oil ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that. It is a degree of reassurance. I thank the noble Lord, L...

Moved by

Baroness Parminter

154A: Clause 51, page 107, line 7, leave out “and”

My Lords, in the face of the desperate flooding challenges that many in our country are now facin...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Parminter and strongly welcome the Government’s proposal...

My Lords, I, too, am very interested in this amendment, which has been drawn to the attention of ...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter. As will be a...

My Lords, I am very nervous about these amendments, probing as they are. Flood Re has one aim: to...

My Lords, I have a great interest in this group of amendments. I certainly understand the geometr...

My Lords, one of the great advantages of modern technology is that you can discover something you...

My Lords, in her opening remarks, the noble Baroness was correct to set this matter in the broade...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Parminter for her amendments regarding flood resi...

I thank the Minister for that helpful response and I thank Members around the Committee who have ...

Moved by

Lord Moynihan

155: Clause 51, page 107, line 20, at end insert—

“( ) W...

My Lords, I shall start by echoing the view that Flood Re is a welcome scheme, and I congratulate...

My Lords, at Second Reading I welcomed the Bill but outlined some concerns. I am extremely gratef...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 160, in the name of my noble friends Lord Whitty and Lord Gra...

My Lords, it is probably appropriate that I follow the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours. I have ...

My Lords, I put my name to my noble friend Lord Moynihan’s amendment and I shall speak briefly in...

My Lords, I should declare an interest that I declared on Second Reading, which is that, until Ju...

My Lords, I speak to Amendments 161B and 161C in this group. Although welcoming the introduction ...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friends Lord Moynihan and Lady Parminter on tabling Amendment 1...

My Lords, my noble friend and I have two amendments in this rather complicated group. The group a...

My Lords, I recognise the high degree of interest in the policies that will be covered by our pro...

I just want to press the noble Lord on band H. As I said, I myself have no interest in it. Howeve...

I am of course quite happy to review the figures and to write to the noble Lord on that.

On...

Before the Minister sits down, I hope he can help me with a small matter, which nevertheless woul...

I can count on the noble Lord to think of something that I did not arrive in the Committee equipp...

My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords on all sides of the Committee for the interest they h...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

155A: Clause 51, page 107, line 20, at end insert—

“( ) W...

My Lords, in 2008 when serious flooding hit Northumberland, parts of Newcastle and several parts ...

My Lords, I intend to use Amendment 155A as a peg for discussing what is described—in paragraph (...

My Lords, briefly, I support my noble friend Lord Shipley on this important amendment. We are rig...

My Lords, I too support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Shipley. I have already declared an...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate this important point. I declare a professional inte...

My Lords, the amendment would set up a review of recent outcomes of planning policy in terms of f...

My Lords, we strongly support the intention behind this amendment. The importance of managing the...

In the case of the Environment Agency lodging an objection, in what proportion of cases was it in...

I hope to get an inspired answer any second in order to be able to tell the noble Lord. If do not...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have taken part in this debate. I shall just take up one...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

156: Clause 51, page 107, line 21, at end insert—

“(8) Pri...

My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 158. As we have discussed, actuarial calculations for t...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for suggesting an additional task for the...

My Lords, perhaps I may ask the noble Lord whether the requirements should be imposed before the ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for drawing attention to his wish to ensu...

My Lords, I thank the Minister, who clearly recognises the issue. I also thank the noble Lord, Lo...

Moved by

Lord Krebs

156C: Clause 54, page 108, line 25, at end insert—

“(e) the...

My Lords, in speaking to this amendment I will also speak to the other amendments standing in my ...

My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 156D of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and my related probing...

My Lords, I particularly welcome Amendment 156C, moved so eloquently by the noble Lord, Lord Kreb...

My Lords, I broadly support most of these amendments, but I have a few queries. I support the fir...

My Lords, I concur with the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, in Amendment 156C that it is important that h...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for those comments in response. Above all, my amendments are about...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

157: Clause 54, page 109, line 30, after “persons” insert “, ...

My Lords, I take this opportunity to draw noble Lords’ attention to government amendments tabled ...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

159: After Clause 59, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, the amendment concerns information on the flood reinsurance scheme and would clarify th...

Amendment 161A scarcely needs any detailed discussion: we have spoken this afternoon on a number ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords for their amendments. We are certainly supportive of t...

Is it not true that under the process to which the Minister refers, a purchaser would not know un...

The noble Lord will know that a buyer can access the Environment Agency’s maps and see for themse...

Is it possible that some property might be excluded? It might not necessarily show whether a prop...

Does the noble Lord mean a band H property? I would have thought that it would be fairly obvious ...

Yes.

Advice on obtaining flood insurance is also readily available. The National Flood Forum offers in...

Before the Minister sits down, would she care to comment on Amendment 161A?

As the noble Lord said, this creates a duty on bodies that issue demands for council tax,

“...

I simply say that there is a big difference between having information available—I readily conced...

As I said in my response, we are putting the onus on home owners to seek the information—and I ha...

My Lords, I recognise the noble Baroness’s comments in welcoming many of my remarks. She maintain...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

160A: After Clause 59, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, I said earlier this afternoon that I strongly supported the Flood Re scheme. Again, I t...

My Lords, we have discussed the substance of Amendment 160B already so I do not propose to move i...

We have had a good debate on this issue, so I will be brief. I am concerned, like others, at the ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 160A. I will be interested to hear the Minister’s response to...

My Lords, there is an element of confusion both outside and inside this House as to where the wor...

My Lords, I think my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours is going back to a point that I raised ea...

My Lords, my noble friend’s Amendment 160A seeks to make all houses built and occupied before its...

Will the Minister comment on the issue of share of freehold?

If I may, I will include that in that consideration. I hope that my explanations have provided so...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his helpful reply. A Written Statement would also be helpful a...