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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Tuesday, 6 April 2010, in the House of Lords.

Flood and Water Management Bill

Flood and Water Management Bill. Lords committee stage third day. Clauses 35 to 49 agreed to, with clauses 43, 47, 49 agreed to as amended. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 50). Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
718 c561-98GC 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Greaves | 718 c565GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not have the horticultural experience, expertise or involvement of the noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c561-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that we can treat this as a quiet oasis. On a day of great excitement, we can at le...
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Lord Greaves | 718 c574GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that at this stage of a Parliament personal flattery will do the noble Lord any good. ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c591GC (Link to this contribution) I assure the noble Baroness that that matter will be covered in the guidance.
Earl Cathcart | 718 c581GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 100 seeks simply to raise the question of how the utility companies can play the...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c580GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response to this debate, which has been a good one. To some extent, it ...
Earl Cathcart | 718 c580-1GC (Link to this contribution) 100: After Clause 40, insert the following new Clause— "Resilience of critical infrastructure (1) Th...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c563GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation which, as he described, represents a wis...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 718 c571-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should declare an interest as an ex-chief executive of the Environment Agency, before I ...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c569-71GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, unlike in the previous debate, I oppose the question that Clause 38 should stand part of t...
Lord Addington | 718 c587GC (Link to this contribution) 104: Clause 43, page 29, line 4, at end insert— "(1A) Subsection (1) includes schemes which have the...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c590GC (Link to this contribution) The question of what is an affordable charge, which is I think what the noble Lord is asking, will b...
Baroness Byford | 718 c590GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that I have not missed an answer on this point. One of the concerns expressed earlier was tha...
Lord Greaves | 718 c591-2GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 107 would insert a new clause setting up a scheme of affordable charges. To a certain degr...
Lord Greaves | 718 c591GC (Link to this contribution) 107: After Clause 45, insert the following new Clause— "Insurance (1) The Minister shall make regula...
Duke of Montrose | 718 c595GC (Link to this contribution) 108: Clause 47, page 32, leave out lines 6 to 10 and insert— "( ) a Bill for repealing and re-enacti...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c593-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree that this is an important subject. It is a matter of enormous concern to the peopl...
Lord Greaves | 718 c594-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall certainly withdraw my amendment—in a minute. I am grateful to the Minister for tha...
Duke of Montrose | 718 c595GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a fairly minor amendment which the Government have bettered with their own amendme...
Lord Greaves | 718 c575-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I think that she and I are agreeing with each other. ...
Earl of Selborne | 718 c576GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may intervene briefly. It is very important to recognise that it is not in doubt...
Baroness Byford | 718 c576GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister responds, I, too, should like to support my noble friend on this very ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c579-80GC (Link to this contribution) That was fine until the noble Lord’s final few words. He did indeed say that the construction of the...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 718 c576-7GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that we do not get confused here. This clause is aimed at three primary purposes: nature cons...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c577-9GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee, I am sure, is very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, for initiating this inter...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c584-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 101 would specify in the Bill a number of issues that would otherwise have to be...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c596GC (Link to this contribution) 110: Clause 49, page 33, line 10, after "43" insert "to 45"
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c596GC (Link to this contribution) 109: Clause 47, page 32, line 7, at end insert— ", and ( ) a Bill for consolidating the enactments a...
Lord Geddes | 718 c561GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the unlikely event that there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Co...
Baroness Fookes | 718 c565-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support most strongly the very strong case put by my noble friend Lord Taylor. I, too, h...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c561GC (Link to this contribution) 98: Clause 35, page 18, line 32, at end insert— "(1A) This section shall only apply to the provision...
Lord Greaves | 718 c573-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I first considered the Bill and the implications of these two clauses—which are essen...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c568-9GC (Link to this contribution) It is an informal discussion, but one which the Minister has given an undertaking will take place. ...
Baroness Byford | 718 c568GC (Link to this contribution) Will it be a formal consultation or just an informal discussion?
Lord Addington | 718 c587-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, after what seems like a long gap, we now return to the issues which were raised in relatio...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c588-90GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington, on his ingenuity in returning to the ...
Lord Addington | 718 c591GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and I thank everyone in his department who has tried to...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c592-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, has raised the important issue—and painted the picture well—...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c591GC (Link to this contribution) 105: Clause 43, page 29, line 24, after "Undertakers" insert "and the Water Services Regulation Auth...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c595-6GC (Link to this contribution) I hardly need to reply to that speech and I shall be very brief. I should begin by expressing my gra...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c579GC (Link to this contribution) I must inform the Minister that I was correctly quoted and that I was trailing the debate that we wo...
Earl Cathcart | 718 c583GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out how utility companies must consider and report on res...
Earl Cathcart | 718 c583GC (Link to this contribution) 101: Clause 42, page 27, line 39, leave out from "constructed" to end of line 5 on page 28 and inser...
Earl Cathcart | 718 c583-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these three amendments address the question of the automatic right to connect privately bu...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c596-7GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak only because we have reached the conclusion of the Committee stage, and I thank the Mi...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c596GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are almost at the end of the Committee stage. Clause 49(3) contains provisions at parag...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c598GC (Link to this contribution) 111: Clause 49, page 33, line 14, after "43" insert "to 45" Amendment 111 agreed. Clause 49, as am...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c597-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly do not intend to delay the Committee at this stage. I thank the noble Lords, L...
Lord Tope | 718 c597GC (Link to this contribution) In the momentary absence of my noble friend Lord Greaves—who can pick his moments and would, I am su...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c563-5GC (Link to this contribution) I oppose Clause 36 standing part of the Bill not because I have any great problem with it but for th...
Baroness Byford | 718 c566-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend’s opposition to the clause not standing part. I speak perhaps on...
Earl of Selborne | 718 c566GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also declare an interest as a commercial horticulturalist. I support my noble friend in ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c562-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the opening remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, with which we entirely concu...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c574GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting and am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. If he reads Clause 39...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c569GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation and for the development of the thinking behind t...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c567-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate and I am sure that the horticultural industry will...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 718 c588GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to discuss social tariffs and I hope that the Minister will allo...
Lord Addington | 718 c590GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I had a series of questions but I thought I should wai...
Duke of Montrose | 718 c596GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 108 withdra...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 718 c574-5GC (Link to this contribution) I was just remembering our long and happy hours talking about the Essex coastal defences and trying ...
Baroness Byford | 718 c577GC (Link to this contribution) Indeed, but the clause could still be used for the same purpose. That, however, is a minor point, to...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 718 c582-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for introducing the amendment. The new clause on safeguarding criti...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 718 c581-2GC (Link to this contribution) I commend the sentiment raised in the noble Earl’s amendment. I declare an interest as a member of t...
Earl Cathcart | 718 c587GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for putting on record his very full response to my amendments, for st...
Subjects
Codes of practice Agriculture Conservation Coastal areas Concessions Coastal erosion Fees and charges Flood control EU law Land drainage Insurance Inland waterways Horticulture Environment Agency Droughts Floods Irrigation Pilot schemes Planning Standards Water Voluntary organisations Telecommunications Wildlife Water companies Sewers Scouts and guides Social tariffs
Legislation
Flood and Water Management Bill 2009-10
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