Speeches by Riddell-Carpenter.

“That was not exactly the heyday of Thames Water.”

“That was not exactly the heyday of Thames Water.”

“Thank you, Chair. David, trust is at the heart of communications and the heart of your social contract to operate in your role as chief executive. Do you agree that your trust with your customers and that social contract to deliver is central? I would put it to you that your trust has not improved. In fact, I would say…”

“Yes, but you are not compliant.”

“That is what an injunction does.”

“I would refer to a fleeting comment I made earlier; you might be asking the right questions, but you are not finding the right answers. You mentioned at the beginning that you have brought in additional skills to the board, either exec or non-exec, I cannot remember which. Can you tell me whether those skills come from…”

“T2. One of the biggest housing challenges in many of my villages and market towns—for instance, Orford, Aldeburgh and even larger towns such as Felixstowe—is the selling off of housing stock by social housing providers who do not replace it locally. Considering how to tackle the issue is critical, and, as was stated in…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his contribution. I am sure he will be aware that the shoreline management plans dictate what level of investment and defences are appropriate for an area, be it managed realignment or managed retreat, but we must always ensure that we look at better options within each of those categories a…”

“I am pleased to present the sixth report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, “Erosion of trust: the impact of coastal erosion on communities”. I will start by talking about not policy or funding, but people and their stories—stories that our report rightly sought to share. Ten weeks ago, I told the Ho…”

“We explicitly talk about planning in our report. It is a key issue; when we are building new homes and new communities, we must take coastal erosion into account. Recommendation 37 makes that exact point. It is critical that people buying homes in the future in places where we know there is risk now should be protected…”

“My district council, East Suffolk council, has worked incredibly closely with the hon. Member’s council on bringing forward measures and on cross-learnings. When we have talked about Thorpeness in my local area, we have discussed lots of learnings from his constituency. The impact of coastal erosion on those communitie…”

“The hon. Member is absolutely right that our report highlights the significant strain that coastal erosion places on communities, and the impact that has on their mental health. I will read with interest the report from the last Session and see what its recommendations are, because I have no doubt that there are a huge…”

“Thank you for setting out the land use framework. The strategic guidance you spoke of is brilliant. I represent Suffolk Coastal, which is on the coast. One of the big things I have always been trying to push for is a sea use framework. From my perspective the east coast of England is increasingly playing a bigger role …”

“We are going to talk about Northern Ireland and particularly the relationship with the EU. You will be glad to hear that we are coming to the end, so thank you for all this session. It has been really useful. I will ask this to all of you if I may: how effectively are the new systems for accessing veterinary medicines …”

“No, feel free.”

“If the Government were to secure a dedicated veterinary medicines agreement with the EU, what practical difference do you think that would make for the sector in both Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole? With that stunned silence, I can confirm it is the last question.”

“Do you have an estimate of when that might be?”

“I thank the Government for acting so swiftly—the previous Government took 200 days to act when we faced a similar crisis after the start of the Ukrainian war. I want to ask a couple of questions. First, can the Minister confirm that LPG is included in the package? Many of my constituents are on LPG, not just heating oi…”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman; I am sure that the Minister will address that issue, which has long been talked about. I was discussing the incredible profits that the energy developers are making. For me, this issue is about simple fairness: those creating the disruption and generating the return should fund the sys…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his well-timed intervention; I have that heard said before and was just coming to that issue. I suspect that the Minister may have similar concerns. As the hon. Member points out, there may be concerns that a levy would increase consumer bills. That grates on me given that the National Grid …”