Speeches by Kirkham.

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. Last month, it was announced that several Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government offices will be closing, including the one in Truro in my constituency. The next nearest office is about an hour and a half’s commute away, making relocation difficult. Will the Leader of the House fac…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that the best thing the Government can do is give some direction and certainty to farmers with the new land use framework and the new pipeline of sustainable farming incentives, which are upcoming to balance food production, nature recovery and carbon reduction, so that they have the confidenc…”

“Thank you for seeing me today. The potential for floating offshore wind in the Celtic sea is absolutely vast. It is so important for the south of Wales, all around the south-west and down to Cornwall, where I am from. The issue is that the potential has been unrealised for a long time. I am part of the APPG for the Cel…”

“Yes.”

“I do not wish to make too much of this, but looking at the other side of it, Scotland has been lucky enough to get the headquarters of GB Energy. Maybe we could think about the alternative as well.”

“Fishing is such an important part of Cornwall’s history and its future—as you can probably tell, Mr Efford, because half the MPs from Cornwall are here today. We are surrounded by the sea on three sides. Fishing has been integral to us for centuries: Cornish people have fished for pilchards for hundreds of years in New…”

“Cornwall is covered with sewage alerts, and proceedings have been taken against South West Water. Does the hon. Member agree that the new water review will be vital to reform regulation and infrastructure?”

“My question is a quick one. Who paid the fees for the judicial review that you mentioned against Ofwat?”

“I have been in a similar position as Helena with South West Water. I represent Truro and Falmouth. We have had outages for days, in the hospital as well, where people have struggled to get water. Now people are trying to get compensation but they have been told there is limited compensation and they are struggling to g…”

“How far have we got? I understand there is quite a long way to go in the last year of the current five years—”

“I read earlier that there is still 30% of the way to go in the last year, so they do seem to be struggling to cope with that, don’t they? They do not seem to be managing to keep up with this level of requirement, so how do you think they will cope in the future?”

“The other question, of course, is water demand, which is frustrating when you are getting leakage. It seems harsh to put the onus on consumers. I think all companies now also have targets for reducing consumption. Does the water sector have a general plan for this? Where I am in Southern Water there have been mandatory…”

“Measures have been quite controversial, haven’t they? People have been put on them—”

“—and had their tariffs changed almost without their agreement. Are they mandatory? We have been told that the water companies have been told to make the changes; that they have to do them. Is that the case or is there leeway?”

“One last question. I suppose, looking back at that 4 billion litre figure, which is huge, water security and resilience will be such a big thing in the future. How will the sector build to cope with that?”

“We pretty much had a permanent hose pipe ban last year. The sector is struggling at the moment, so the future—”

“Reservoirs or desalinisation plants. Sorry, I have finished now.”

“I was going to ask a bit more about the balance on the board but it seems that there will be movement there anyway. It seems that you are looking at a private company structure that may be moving towards almost a regulated control structure. How far will that go, what will those boards be in the future, who will they c…”

“I have been in a similar position as Helena with South West Water. I represent Truro and Falmouth. We have had outages for days, in the hospital as well, where people have struggled to get water. Now people are trying to get compensation but they have been told there is limited compensation and they are struggling to g…”

“How far have we got? I understand there is quite a long way to go in the last year of the current five years—”