Speeches by Kirkham.

“Yes, what is the gap for pollack?”

“It is a very specific question.”

“I have just one more question, about sole. The Cornish industry feels that more sampling of sole could show that some stocks were linked and maybe lead to an argument for increasing the sole TAC, which would open up fishing of monkfish and megrim. Is that something that you are looking at as well?”

“Thank you. I have another question, if I may, Chair, about spurdog. Apparently, the maximum landing size is 100cm and fishers are having to discard quite a lot of large fish. Again, that is affecting them with the bycatch, and there is a question of why that could not be introduced to market. Obviously, you are discard…”

“You are making big decisions, then, for fishers on not very much data, which does not seem particularly satisfactory, does it?”

“Does the Minister agree that it is important that the affected members receive those statements to allow informed decision making? The Government have worked to minimise financial detriment to those affected, but this issue is part of the mess we have been clearing up. We have had record investments into pharmacies and…”

“My constituency has a very successful passenger branch line, but there also used to be a freight line. There is a tiny piece of track that, quite inexpensively, could be reopened to carry tin and lithium out through the docks. Will the Minister meet me to discuss the possibility of doing that?”

“But you need to focus on what you can do about that.”

“From your point of view, in terms of St Agnes, when will you be looking at the CSOs there?”

“But you can see my point: it is beaches all across Cornwall, and it is getting worse not better. It is really impacting on our economy as well as the health of the people who live in Cornwall. I had to pass that on today. It is very important that you understand from the people of Cornwall how much it is impacting.”

“Are you happy to help residents sample? At Mylor Creek, for example, which is having sewage spills at the moment, a lot of the residents want help to go down and take samples themselves. Is that something that you would be prepared to do?”

“You are offering that support. I want to move very quickly on to supply before I run out of time. In July, there were residents in St Eval without supply for two weeks. I had the same in my constituency in the Roseland as well. I think the hospital was even impacted by that. Over previous years, we have had problems wi…”

“Get them back online more quickly. It took a while to do that.”

“I have one more question about customer satisfaction. South West Water is very low on customer satisfaction levels, having been 12th out of 13 for the last three years, and Bristol is better. What are you doing about those low rates? How do you intend to improve them? Will you be learning from Bristol and improving, or…”

“Do you feel that it is getting better now or are you still waiting for that improvement to come?”

“In terms of the incident I was talking about in Mylor, in the end they contacted me because they had sent many, many questions and they had not been able to get any response at all, so it still obviously is not where it should be.”

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“Does the hon. Member agree that some pet owners may not be aware of how bad this issue is, and so packaging, usage guidance and point-of-sale advice for pet treatments should give some warning of the danger that the product could affect aquatic life if it ever entered watercourses?”

“On that point, will the hon. Member give way?”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that these uplifts are a huge boost for equality, because they benefit women, younger and older workers, workers with disabilities and those from minority ethnic backgrounds more than others?”