Speeches by Bool.

“Just finally, it will take quite a while potentially to agree one of these SPS agreements. What one thing would you want to see improved on SPS checks in your sectors?”

“I send my condolences to the shadow Leader of the House. His father sounds like an incredible man, and I certainly loved playing with my Polly Pocket, so I thank him for that lovely memory this morning. Aplastic anaemia is a life-threatening blood disorder. Although it is rare, it can affect hundreds across the country…”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on securing this important debate. The theme of this year’s English Tourism Week is supporting people and places to drive growth, which is a sentiment that I fully support—and not just because it refers to driving and I have the world-famo…”

“In February, Lucy Manzano of the Dover Port Health Authority came before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and warned that if funding was not confirmed before the new financial year, checks at our borders would stop. With the new financial year fast approaching and another case of foot and mouth in Euro…”

“I have another question for the Minister. I believe that she said that the true cohort had about 5.7 million applicants, but I wanted to understand more about the numbers of those who would fall under the extra cohort, given that they will be benefiting from rights. Can she give a little more of an explanation as to wh…”

“I have a few points about some of the legal issues around what it would mean if we allowed asylum seekers to work at this point. The Opposition already have concerns about the Employment Rights Bill and the day-one rights that will be accrued, so I wonder in this context how this would actually work. On another level, …”

“I want to put on record again the importance of the rule of law. This new clause would essentially allow someone rights when they have entered the country illegally. The rule of law and compliance with the law are fundamental within our system, so I cannot accept the premise that acting illegally should be waived or pe…”

“The Minister says that the professor is a eugenicist, but he actually explained a different relationship. It is important that that is put on record, because it is taking away from his role as emeritus professor for demography.”

“I think that the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire implied Professor David Coleman was talking about eugenics in the session. I want to put on record that he was not talking about eugenics and that he is an emeritus professor of demography; I know that was a line of questioning raised by the Minister. I want to p…”

“The hon. Gentleman speaks passionately and with a great deal of compassion, which I respect, and I understand his point. However, I return to the point from this side of the Committee, which is that there is a limit to how many people we can look after and help. We also owe a duty to those who have already come into th…”

“Thank you. We have been given various bits of information on this at certain points. For example, it has been reported that Anglian saw the highest rise in the hours of raw sewage pumped into rivers than any water company. It was a 205% increase, and that was of 273,163 hours. Often, it is common that people blame wet …”

“What will you actually do in that regard? As I said, with HS2, there is a particular village in my constituency, Greatworth, that has been having road closures from HS2, but then Anglian Water is also coming in and closing roads at the same time, and they are not consulting. My village in particular is being locked in.…”

“That sounds very positive about the future, but the Environment Agency has expressed concerns that Anglian Water cannot and will not ever change in terms of its pollution. With the greatest respect, in my constituency of South Northamptonshire, HS2 has had a huge impact and it has scarred the constituency. Perhaps your…”

“Good to see you, Mark. Anglian Water is the largest water company in England and Wales by geographical area. As Andrew mentioned before, in that context, you have had to return £38.1 million to customers this year through lower bills, due to falling behind on targets. Anglian Water is the third worst performer with 40.…”

“Thank you. We have been given various bits of information on this at certain points. For example, it has been reported that Anglian saw the highest rise in the hours of raw sewage pumped into rivers than any water company. It was a 205% increase, and that was of 273,163 hours. Often, it is common that people blame wet …”

“It has been reported that thousands of pollution tests were passed at sewerage points that were actually never carried out. Do you have a transparency problem? It seems you have quite an opaque structure but, equally, we see some of these results. What is going on there?”

“What will you actually do in that regard? As I said, with HS2, there is a particular village in my constituency, Greatworth, that has been having road closures from HS2, but then Anglian Water is also coming in and closing roads at the same time, and they are not consulting. My village in particular is being locked in.…”

“That sounds very positive about the future, but the Environment Agency has expressed concerns that Anglian Water cannot and will not ever change in terms of its pollution. With the greatest respect, in my constituency of South Northamptonshire, HS2 has had a huge impact and it has scarred the constituency. Perhaps your…”

“Good to see you, Mark. Anglian Water is the largest water company in England and Wales by geographical area. As Andrew mentioned before, in that context, you have had to return £38.1 million to customers this year through lower bills, due to falling behind on targets. Anglian Water is the third worst performer with 40.…”