Speeches by Dollimore.

“You touched on sachets there, which are a huge source of plastic pollution. They are perhaps not as well known in the UK, because they are used more often in the global south and cause huge pollution, particularly in the oceans. Is that something that you hope to see a clear ban on in the plastics treaty and what do yo…”

“It is important because it sets the context in which these discussions are taking place and the context in which you, as scientists, are operating. You have talked about the need to have truly independent science available to the decision makers, so it is relevant in that context, but I can feel that you do not want to…”

“Allison, Richard, did you want to add anything on those points?”

“We are coming on to that shortly. It was a more general point about who the worst offenders are, which companies are impressing you, and then on sachets particularly in the global south.”

“What is the mainstream scientific consensus on these chemicals of concern and the impact that they have on humans?”

“I refer the House to my entry in the register of interests. Before diving in on the specifics of chemicals, I wanted to ask a general question, probably for Rudy and Allison. In the UK, which are the worst offenders and which are the companies you are impressed by?”

“What is the mainstream scientific consensus on these chemicals of concern and the impact that they have on humans?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for raising the important issue of teaching children to swim. Like me, he represents a coastal community. Two years ago in Hastings and Rye, the Silverdale primary school pool closed. Many children and parents miss that facility, and hundreds of parents have joined me in suppor…”

“The Queensway Gateway roadworks are causing chaos for my constituents. East Sussex county council and Southern Water have not answered my question of why the moving of a major water main was not planned for before these works began. The need to do so is delaying those roadworks indefinitely. As the Leader of the House …”

“I thank the hon. Member for that important question. On the Committee, we heard about the failures of United Utilities in her constituency and other places that it is meant to serve properly. We found that, at the moment, we have a very complex regulatory regime that does not serve anyone well. There is a lot of confus…”

“Thank you, Ms Lewell. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for me to make a statement on behalf of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee about our second report of this Parliament. The report is entitled “Priorities for water sector reform”, and it is intended to be the first in a lo…”

“Absolutely; I thank my hon. Friend for that point. He and I are both Labour and Co-operative Members of Parliament. We believe in the strong potential of that model. The Committee report urges the commission to look very closely at the potential benefits of community interest companies, co-operative models or other app…”

“Absolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for his work on the Committee, and for his questioning of the boss of Welsh Water about many of these issues. He is right that at the moment all the indicators are going in the wrong direction on debt gearing and on the structures these companies use, all while sewage dumping incident…”

“If bonuses are so important to performance and we are interested in a water sector that is fixing its broken infrastructure, is the bonus structure for the lowest-paid staff not a crucial part of that?”

“Is that right?”

“Sir Jon, on this point on bonuses, the Committee has heard a lot of evidence from water CEOs trying to justify eye-watering bonuses while overseeing a lot of failure. Like you just have, they often explain that they think bonuses are very important to incentivise performance. When we then press them on, therefore, what…”

“Yes, that is correct.”

“Just to finalise that point, the infrastructure that we have talked about is, of course, the international station at Ashford, which was opened after huge taxpayer investment into that as an international station. We therefore also believe there is a relevance here about taxpayers’ money being well spent in seeing thos…”

“I thank you, Chair, and the whole Committee for hearing our application today. We are asking for a debate about returning international rail services to Ashford International railway station and the merits of that. This issue has not been debated yet in this Parliament. It matters hugely to all our constituents and all…”

“You talked earlier about the legal battles that we have seen, with campaigners urging companies to release certain data, and companies initially resisting that and spending vast sums on legal battles to resist that before eventually acquiescing. It sounded from your comments that you feel that was wrong; it was a mista…”