Speeches by Gardiner.
Every Hansard contribution by Barry Gardiner this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 101–120 of 1,426 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Yes, but as you know, three of the water companies are publicly traded, and their stock-market valuation is considerably lower than their RCV. So, using the RCV model, you are inflating the price, and then, as you say, when you add the debt burden that those companies have, actually, they are not attractive prospects a…” | 59 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Those are your own words.” | 5 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “No, you have not. I am sorry. There was the FOI by Professor Becky Malby in January of this year, “What analysis has your Department undertaken to understand the comparative cost to the public of continuing with the current privatised model versus the cost of public ownership of the water industry, both during the rema…” | 102 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “No, no, no. Sorry, they are not. You cannot dispute them because you have not done any analysis of them, have you?” | 22 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “That is not what the figures that have been produced suggest, and you have not done—” | 16 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Do you agree with the assessment that all of the investment in capital expenditure and day-to-day operational costs is met from bills? Can you confirm that, since privatisation, water companies have extracted £85 billion in dividends and have accumulated more than £60 billion in debt? Given that the Greenwich research …” | 82 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Analysis by the University of Greenwich found that, in almost every year since privatisation, customers’ bills directly—directly—covered the capital expenditure of the water companies as well as the day-to-day operational expenditure. When the Government talk about securing £104 billion of private investment, actually …” | 53 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “I am running out of time, so I need to press you. Please could you get back to us to confirm when operator self-monitoring will end and which categories it is ending for first? In the water White Paper, the Government state that they have secured £104 billion of private investment to transform our water infrastructure.…” | 91 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Which was not true, of course, as you know. There was huge impact from category 4.” | 16 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “No, no, no. Sorry, that is not what the EA is supposed to do. The EA is the regulator that is supposed to go and investigate, not waiting for somebody to tell it that there is something it should be investigating.” | 41 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “I asked you about operator self-monitoring. That is the mechanism by which the water companies tell the regulator, “Excuse me, we have made a mistake”, and we know they did not do it.” | 33 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Why? Why are you working towards ending, allowing the very companies that have been responsible for the pollution to report to you on their polluting? You will know that, actually, they did not report, and when the EA stopped even investigating category 3 and 4 reports, they were not even logged.” | 51 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “On inspections, can you confirm that operator self-monitoring has now ended?” | 11 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Absolutely.” | 1 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Let us talk about the rewiring of the system, because what use would the EA’s plans and permits be for companies like Thames Water? It has asked you for a 15-year holiday from environmental laws, during which it would be immune from prosecution. Can you confirm that such a holiday will not be granted in any circumstanc…” | 57 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “We all give them a clean bill of health.” | 9 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “No, it is either adequate or it is not. If it is not adequate, it is your job to make sure that its response is.” | 25 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “I am happy for you to answer both questions, Secretary of State. Do you think it broke the law? You said you will get back to us on that, but do you think that the EA’s response is adequate?” | 39 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “It will be very helpful to have that data. Thank you very much. Is that based on data supplied to you by the water companies, or has the data been supplied by the regulators, by the EA in effect?” | 39 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Have you the data that is based on?” | 8 |