It is a great privilege to have been allocated this debate. I am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to the Minister, who has been particularly hard-working today. She has spent many hours at the Dispatch Box, and even after midnight she is continuing to attend to her duties.

The...

It is a great privilege to have been allocated this debate. I am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to the Minister, who has been particularly hard-working today. She has spent many hours at the Dispatch Box, and even after midnight she is continuing to attend to her duties.

The...

I did some research on this beforehand, and it is not just about the issue of sewerage and drainage disposal, but about access to safe drinking water, which I understand may be a problem in the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency. Does he agree that it is important that people are...

I did some research on this beforehand, and it is not just about the issue of sewerage and drainage disposal, but about access to safe drinking water, which I understand may be a problem in the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency. Does he agree that it is important that people are...

It is late, but I think we are all still very focused on this issue, which is a tricky one. To be talking about sewage at this time of night is really focusing the mind. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) on securing...

It is late, but I think we are all still very focused on this issue, which is a tricky one. To be talking about sewage at this time of night is really focusing the mind. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) on securing...

I am grateful for the commitment that my hon. Friend has given to take action. Will she agree to meet me, and perhaps some of the residents in my

constituency, to discuss the response to her meeting with Southern Water, so that we can make an assessment of whether things...

I am grateful for the commitment that my hon. Friend has given to take action. Will she agree to meet me, and perhaps some of the residents in my

constituency, to discuss the response to her meeting with Southern Water, so that we can make an assessment of whether things...

Of course I will meet my right hon. Friend. We want water companies that are working effectively and efficiently, and we need to understand the pressures they are under and how to deliver for all new houses. We are committed to building new houses as a Government. We need new...

Of course I will meet my right hon. Friend. We want water companies that are working effectively and efficiently, and we need to understand the pressures they are under and how to deliver for all new houses. We are committed to building new houses as a Government. We need new...

Agreed to on question.

Agreed to on question.

The hon. Gentleman is an assiduous defender of his constituents’ interests. The fact that he is here after midnight, even on a debate on Tunbridge Wells, to fight the good fight for his constituents is a credit to him. I am giving an example of drainage and sewerage services because...

The hon. Gentleman is an assiduous defender of his constituents’ interests. The fact that he is here after midnight, even on a debate on Tunbridge Wells, to fight the good fight for his constituents is a credit to him. I am giving an example of drainage and sewerage services because...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on punctuality of the delay caused by the recent trespass incident on the Paddock Wood to Tonbridge line by the West Kent Hunt. - Inc figs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on punctuality of the delay caused by the recent trespass incident on the Paddock Wood to Tonbridge line by the West Kent Hunt. - Inc figs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on an incident of trespass by the West Kent Hunt on the railway line between Paddock Wood and Tonbridge.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on an incident of trespass by the West Kent Hunt on the railway line between Paddock Wood and Tonbridge.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the report by the British Transport Police on incidents of trespass on the Paddock Wood to Tonbridge railway lines.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the report by the British Transport Police on incidents of trespass on the Paddock Wood to Tonbridge railway lines.