Water Bill

My Lords, I strongly support this amendment. Indeed, I strongly support the fracking industry. We...

My Lords, on the face of it this seems a reasonable amendment and I agree with much of what has b...

My Lords, ensuring we have the right regulatory framework and the financial means to deal with th...

My Lords, Amendment 88ZA, which was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, would require onshore o...

I thank the Minister for that detailed reply. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, for his suppo...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

88A: Clause 51, page 108, line 2, leave out “relating to ...

My Lords, in moving government Amendment 88A, I wish to speak also to the rest of the government ...

My Lords, this is the first time that I have spoken on this Bill on Report, so I should declare t...

My Lords, I, too, do not object to these amendments and I congratulate the Minister on getting th...

My Lords, this is the first time that I have spoken at this stage of the Bill and I, too, must de...

I hope I can put everybody out of their misery, which probably reflects the fact that I rattled t...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

88B: Clause 51, page 108, line 8, leave out subsections (...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

89: Clause 51, page 108, line 18, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, I do not know whether I can rattle through this in quite such short a time as six minut...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I do not have quite as many questions as the noble Earl, Lord ...

My Lords, we all owe a great debt of gratitude to the noble Earl for moving this amendment and to...

My Lords, as in Committee, I need to declare an interest in that I have a leasehold interest, wit...

My Lords, the aim of Flood Re is to support people at the highest risk of flooding who would stru...

My Lords, I declare an interest as an owner of a band H property. Many noble Lords have spoken on...

My Lords, we are grateful to the noble Earl for tabling this amendment, and particularly for the ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for his Amendments 89 and 90. He raises issues whi...

The Minister referred to fanciful figures. The figures I produced on behalf of the lady in Thirsk...

My Lords, I was not for a moment suggesting that the lady to whom the noble Lord referred was one...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. I thank all noble Lords from around ...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

89A: Clause 51, page 108, line 19, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, as we have seen in recent months, flooding has devastating effects on people’s lives an...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for suggesting that my committee acquires an...

My Lords, I shall make a short contribution on this amendment. Noble Lords will remember that at ...

My Lords, when a similar amendment was debated in Committee, I took it to be only a probing amend...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for his amendment, which would give...

When the Minister refers to one in 200 years, that assumes that the next 200 years will not be th...

My Lords, I agree with the objective that the noble Lord refers to. Floor Re will need to take ac...

My Lords, I noticed that the Minister spoke of adaptation but he has not spoken about mitigation....

Of course, my Lords. If the noble Baroness will forgive me, I have to deal with the amendment bef...

My Lords, it surely would be beneficial for the Secretary of State to take the advice of the Comm...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

89B: After Clause 51, insert the following new Clause—

“Fl...

My Lords, I will try not to repeat too much of what was covered in the earlier amendment of the n...

My Lords, this is a very mild amendment to which I certainly would have added my name if I had be...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, on his use of De Mauley Street. I think it ...

I understand what the noble Lord is saying but the problem is that the tenant does not have an in...

My Lords, I too would have put my name to the amendment had I known about it in time. I apologise...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity provided by the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, to discuss t...

The Minister referred to the fact that the ABI has given assurances that that insurance will be a...

That is a very good point, my Lords, and I will see what I can do.

The Government collect c...

My Lords, I recognise some of the things that the Minister is saying, but the fact is that that i...

Moved by

Baroness Parminter

90ZA: Clause 53, page 108, line 43, at end insert “and th...

My Lords, the aim of Flood Re is to provide affordable insurance for flooding and to transition t...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, has said, this amendment is concerned with the p...

The noble Lord referred to 140,000 properties. How would they be prioritised? How would they be s...

The figure I mentioned was in fact 190,000 properties. I do not have the detail of how they would...

My Lords, I am taken a bit by surprise by this amendment. I had not intended to speak at all but ...

My Lords, I am afraid I cannot support this amendment. To me it shows a misunderstanding of the r...

My Lords, I shall put a contrary view to that just put by the noble Earl, Lord Cathcart. There ar...

My Lords, I have some slight difficulties with this amendment. I understand the concept and, in a...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Parminter for her amendment which deals with a very import...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, and my noble friend Lo...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

90A: Clause 53, page 109, leave out line 10 and insert “o...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

90B: Clause 54, page 109, line 26, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, in Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, tabled an amendment which sought to require t...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 90CE, which is grouped with these amendments. I was slight...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for tabling Amendment 90CE, which proposes a...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

90BA: Clause 54, page 110, line 23, leave out paragraph (...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

90CA: Clause 56, page 111, line 14, leave out subsection ...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

90D: Clause 57, page 111, line 37, leave out “relating to...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

90DA: After Clause 63, insert the following new Clause—

“A...

My Lords, Amendment 90DA is relatively straightforward. Clause 63 provides for reviews and appeal...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for this amendment. As we have previously discusse...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that reply but I am not sure that it entirely meets the ...

Perhaps I can clarify at least one point in relation to Clause 63 and the register. Clause 63 rel...

That would be useful for all concerned, so I will shut up. I am very grateful for the Minister’s ...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

90E: Clause 69, page 120, line 30, at end insert—

“(A1)...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

90L: Clause 70, page 121, line 33, leave out “(including” and...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

90M: Clause 71, page 122, line 7, at end insert—

“(1A) ...

Moved by

Earl Cathcart

91: After Clause 73, insert the following new Clause—

“I...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Howard moved this amendment in Committee. Unfortunately, he cannot...

My Lords, during our debates in Committee, the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising...

My Lords, I apologise that I did not manage to get in before the Labour Front Bench. Before the e...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising this issue again and other noble Lords for contribu...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for picking up the baton on this. From what she said, I can see th...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

91A: After Clause 74, insert the following new Clause—

...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

91B: Schedule 11, page 225, line 6, at end insert—

“Cha...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

91E: Clause 80, page 125, line 6, after “56” insert “, so far...

Moved by

Lord De Mauley

95: Schedule 12, page 232, line 23, leave out “paragraph 3” a...