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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Roding: E. coli
Mr Calvin Bailey
Labour, Leyton and Wanstead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of E. coli levels in the River Roding during dry weather; and what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on those levels.

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 7 February 2025
By Emma Hardy (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
26706
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Roding: Sewage
Mr Calvin Bailey
Labour, Leyton and Wanstead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency in tackling pollution of the River Roding by Thames Water outfalls without permits.

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 7 February 2025
By Emma Hardy (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
26705
Answered
Commons
Question for Cabinet Office
Storms: Damage
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the financial cost to the UK of the damage and disruption caused by Storm Eowyn.

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 7 February 2025
By Baroness Twycross (Labour, Life peer)
HL4461
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Russia: Shipping
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat, Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of Russian shadow fleet vessels that have entered UK waters in the last 12 months.

Asked 30 January 2025
Answered 7 February 2025
By Mike Kane (Labour, Wythenshawe and Sale East)
27704
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Floods: Finance
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to activate the (a) Bellwin scheme and b) Flood Recovery Framework following Storm Darragh; and whether there is a deadline by which a decision must be made.

Asked 30 January 2025
Answered 6 February 2025
By Alex Norris (Labour, Nottingham North and Kimberley)
27562
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Government
Lord Empey
Ulster Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to amend the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to change the mechanism for choosing a Stormont Executive.

Asked 23 January 2025
Answered 5 February 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL4369
Answered
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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Waste Disposal
Baroness Redfern
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement by Ofwat that water bills will increase over the next five years, what proportion of storm overflows resulting in harmful nutrients entering rivers they expect to be reduced over this period; and...

Asked 9 January 2025
Answered 5 February 2025
By Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour, Life peer)
HL3943
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electric Cables: Weather
Mike Amesbury
Independent, Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resilience of power lines in the event of extreme weather.

Asked 28 January 2025
Answered 5 February 2025
By Michael Shanks (Labour, Rutherglen)
26935
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Pollution
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat, Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of environmental contamination caused by sewage discharges by water companies in Surrey Heath constituency.

Asked 21 January 2025
Answered 5 February 2025
By Emma Hardy (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
25549
Answered
Commons
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Chemicals: Northern Ireland
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government which chemical manufacturers or trade bodies the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland met ahead of his decision on the "Stormont Brake" on the Chemical Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation.

Asked 21 January 2025
Answered 4 February 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL4283
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Lords
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Chemicals: Northern Ireland
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government why the proposed consultation on assessing the impact on divergence and ensuring the protection of the UK internal market on chemical businesses, as outlined in the letter by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland date...

Asked 21 January 2025
Answered 4 February 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL4285
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Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Weather: Northern Ireland
Andrew Rosindell
Conservative, Romford

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help support the Northern Ireland Executive to prepare for extreme weather events.

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 4 February 2025
By Ms Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour, Erith and Thamesmead)
26454
Answered
Commons
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Windsor Framework: Northern Ireland
Andrew Rosindell
Conservative, Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his threshold is for using the Stormont brake mechanism within the Windsor Framework.

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 4 February 2025
By Hilary Benn (Labour, Leeds South)
26455
Answered
Commons
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Chemicals: Northern Ireland
Lord Rogan
Ulster Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the European Commission before rejecting a request from members of the Northern Ireland Assembly to apply the "Stormont Brake" procedure to the Chemical Classification, Labelling and Packaging...

Asked 20 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL4226
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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Shipping
Lord West of Spithead
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, beyond the previously announced restrictions on 10 ships, they have taken any further action against Russia’s "shadow fleet" following recent events in the Baltic.

Asked 17 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL4191
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Staff
Laurence Turner
Labour, Birmingham Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, how many people work in GBRX/Great British Railways I...

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Simon Lightwood (Labour, Wakefield and Rothwell)
26651
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Transport
Shadow Great British Railways
Laurence Turner
Labour, Birmingham Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, when her Department expects to publish Shadow Great Br...

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Simon Lightwood (Labour, Wakefield and Rothwell)
26649
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery: Disclosure of Information
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Ireland to ensure full co-operation and disclosure of all available information to the Independent Commission on Reconciliation and Information Recovery in the case o...

Asked 16 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL4167
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods and Storms: Emergency Services
Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative, Epping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with emergency services providers on the provision of services during (a) storm and (b) flooding incidents.

Asked 27 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Emma Hardy (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
26541
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Tone: Pollution Control
Gideon Amos
Liberal Democrat, Taunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide funding to (a) improve water quality in the river Tone in Somerset and (b) reduce pollution discharges (i) upstream of French Weir Bathing Water and (ii) downstream ...

Asked 9 January 2025
Answered 30 January 2025
By Emma Hardy (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
23074
Named day
Answered
Commons
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