Speeches by Dollimore.

“I refer the House to my entry in the register of interests. Before diving in on the specifics of chemicals, I wanted to ask a general question, probably for Rudy and Allison. In the UK, which are the worst offenders and which are the companies you are impressed by?”

“You think that that has had a big impact on scientists operating in this field.”

“Do you think that those upstream producers perhaps do not get as much scrutiny from consumers and the public because they do not face the consumers in the same way and the brand is not as known?”

“They are legal threats from companies in the industry.”

“We are coming on to that shortly. It was a more general point about who the worst offenders are, which companies are impressing you, and then on sachets particularly in the global south.”

“You think that that has had a big impact on scientists operating in this field.”

“What is the mainstream scientific consensus on these chemicals of concern and the impact that they have on humans?”

“It is important because it sets the context in which these discussions are taking place and the context in which you, as scientists, are operating. You have talked about the need to have truly independent science available to the decision makers, so it is relevant in that context, but I can feel that you do not want to…”

“What is the mainstream scientific consensus on these chemicals of concern and the impact that they have on humans?”

“I thank the hon. Member for that important question. On the Committee, we heard about the failures of United Utilities in her constituency and other places that it is meant to serve properly. We found that, at the moment, we have a very complex regulatory regime that does not serve anyone well. There is a lot of confus…”

“Thank you, Ms Lewell. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for me to make a statement on behalf of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee about our second report of this Parliament. The report is entitled “Priorities for water sector reform”, and it is intended to be the first in a lo…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for raising the important issue of teaching children to swim. Like me, he represents a coastal community. Two years ago in Hastings and Rye, the Silverdale primary school pool closed. Many children and parents miss that facility, and hundreds of parents have joined me in suppor…”

“The Queensway Gateway roadworks are causing chaos for my constituents. East Sussex county council and Southern Water have not answered my question of why the moving of a major water main was not planned for before these works began. The need to do so is delaying those roadworks indefinitely. As the Leader of the House …”

“Absolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for his work on the Committee, and for his questioning of the boss of Welsh Water about many of these issues. He is right that at the moment all the indicators are going in the wrong direction on debt gearing and on the structures these companies use, all while sewage dumping incident…”

“Absolutely; I thank my hon. Friend for that point. He and I are both Labour and Co-operative Members of Parliament. We believe in the strong potential of that model. The Committee report urges the commission to look very closely at the potential benefits of community interest companies, co-operative models or other app…”

“We would not expect the Prime Minister to disappear in a big crisis. It was very strange to see the chief executive of a water company absent at that moment of crisis. I look forward to your commission’s recommendations in those two areas. Public health is an area that has really been impacted by the sewage scandal. It…”

“The media is clearly an important channel for getting information out.”

“The water was not safe to drink. There was real panic among the community. She chose not to appear in front of any media at the time. That cannot be right, can it?”

“You will be familiar with the incident that happened in Brixham. People were literally getting sick and ending up in hospital.”

“That was the recommendation our report made. To be clear, it was not saying, “The leak should be fixed in X number of hours”. It was saying, “If you have a water outage that goes on for 12, 24 or 36 hours, this is what people should reasonably expect from the water companies”. That could be portaloos, showering facilit…”