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“That is really helpful. I might turn to international partners in a moment, but I just want to go off on a slight tangent—if the Chair will indulge me—about an outbreak of avian flu in the north-west and protection zones impacting the Speke area. The AstraZeneca childhood and adolescent flu vaccine is produced at Speke…”

“I do not know, Christine, if you wanted to comment on that, but I would be interested to know from both you to what extent an SPS agreement would be beneficial and alleviate pressure on infrastructure and people.”

“Can I start with a broad question for you, Jenny? What limitations does the UK biosecurity infrastructure have, and in your view, how do those affect our ability to respond to the threat of notifiable animal diseases?”

“That is really helpful. I might turn to international partners in a moment, but I just want to go off on a slight tangent—if the Chair will indulge me—about an outbreak of avian flu in the north-west and protection zones impacting the Speke area. The AstraZeneca childhood and adolescent flu vaccine is produced at Speke…”

“That is really helpful and reassuring, because obviously we do not want an interruption in the production of that vaccine. Jenny, you mentioned international partners: how could we work better with our international partners in the EU and beyond to prepare and respond to animal diseases?”

“I do not know, Christine, if you wanted to comment on that, but I would be interested to know from both you to what extent an SPS agreement would be beneficial and alleviate pressure on infrastructure and people.”

“That is really helpful and reassuring, because obviously we do not want an interruption in the production of that vaccine. Jenny, you mentioned international partners: how could we work better with our international partners in the EU and beyond to prepare and respond to animal diseases?”

“Can I start with a broad question for you, Jenny? What limitations does the UK biosecurity infrastructure have, and in your view, how do those affect our ability to respond to the threat of notifiable animal diseases?”

“You are dealing with a very sympathetic Committee that has visited the Weybridge site and seen the vast sums of money that have been allocated in places like the United States, Canada and Germany. So you are pushing at an open door there. What capacity do we have to respond to concurrent outbreaks at the moment and wha…”

“You are dealing with a very sympathetic Committee that has visited the Weybridge site and seen the vast sums of money that have been allocated in places like the United States, Canada and Germany. So you are pushing at an open door there. What capacity do we have to respond to concurrent outbreaks at the moment and wha…”

“I completely agree, and that is why I have been reassured by the Government talking about our having a NATO-first defence policy; the Prime Minister reaffirmed that this week. Given all the drama in the past couple of weeks, it has been reassuring to see the steady hand and leadership that the Prime Minister, the Defen…”

“indicated assent.”

“I do. One interesting thing to note after Munich and recent discussions is that some of this stuff is not new. The United States has been telling Europe to pay for its own defence and to step up for many, many years. If the commitment to 2%, made in Wales in 2014, had been kept by all the countries that signed up to it…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for calling this debate. I was proud to support his application. I was with him on the trip to Ukraine a few weeks ago, with that fantastic charity, HopeFull, which he mentioned. If someone had told me a year ago, “A year later you w…”

“Good morning, Louise. We covered executive pay yesterday with colleagues of yours from other companies. You are operating a regional monopoly and you have captive customers. Remuneration can be controversial, so can I just start off with the facts in terms of your remuneration? Am I right in saying that your base pay l…”

“Good morning, Louise. We covered executive pay yesterday with colleagues of yours from other companies. You are operating a regional monopoly and you have captive customers. Remuneration can be controversial, so can I just start off with the facts in terms of your remuneration? Am I right in saying that your base pay l…”

“The reason why I ask, Louise, is that the BBC estimates that between 143 million and 286 million litres was illegally dumped into Windermere. One of the quotes given to the BBC, under condition of anonymity, was, “We would have been aware of the issue—it would have flagged up on flow and spill reports. I’m not surprise…”

“I just want to build on this point about transparency. Is there a cultural problem in the company around being transparent and open with the public?”

“Overall, the structure of the water industry is something that is quite a lively public debate as well. We saw big increases in bills after privatisation. Then they flatlined in real terms, and now we look to be going through another period of significant real-terms increases. The sector has £60 billion of debt. It has…”

“Stepping back, the public will see the Windermere issue. They will see their bills going up. They will see, as I say, average overall performance and only meeting half of the KPIs. Between the two of you, you are being paid over £2.5 million. There is a cultural issue, is there not?”