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I am therefore honoured to have been appointed as a Minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where I will be working non-stop to protect and enhance our precious natural environment and landscape here in Keighley and Ilkley, our wider area and also across the country. Having worked in the food, farming and environmental sector prior to becoming your MP and having served previously on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee in Parliament, I know just how important these issues are and I look forward to bringing my experience to the role. We have so many exceptional local business, charities and organisations across Keighley and Ilkley promoting food, farming, wildlife and our natural environment - and I cannot wait to bring some local inspiration and ideas to the national level. Keighley and Ilkley's MP Robbie Moore has urged leaders at Bradford Council to be held accountable for their 'dire mismanagement' of the district after the government took action to ensure the authority avoided technical bankruptcy. Tuesday, 14 November, Robbie Moore MP said: "Getting things done and making a positive difference to our local community matters to me and that means getting involved as much as you can.

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The department has yet to reveal his ministerial responsibilities. He was elected in the December election, narrowly beating the Labour incumbent. A post on his website says that he is from "an agricultural background and grew up on his family's farm, before training and working as a farm business consultant and rural chartered surveyor". A further post says that he worked for "12 years or so as a rural practice surveyor getting involved and advising on all sorts of agri-environmental stewardship agreements, moorland restoration projects, water quality improvement schemes and worked with the likes of Natural England and the Environment Agency to implement positive measures that would have huge environmental benefit". The post adds: "I outline this only to illustrate that protecting the environment is something which I care deeply about. I don't just talk about this topic but get engaged to physically do something about improving our environment as well. A post on his website says that, during his 12 years as a surveyor, he was also "heavily involved" in his family's "plastic recycling business and our family farm, where we use regenerative farming techniques, have recently planted many trees and installed solar panels to provide electricity". Moore is a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and also sat on the Environment Bill Committee, charged with scrutinising and improving the bill as it worked its way through the House of Commons. In a post on his website written during the bill's passage through parliament, Moore said it "really is a vitally important piece of legislation and once approved, it [will] govern all aspects of environmental improvement measures and will help shape a much better environment for us all". According to a post on his website , speaking in Parliament last year, Moore criticised Yorkshire Water, after equipment failures at a site in his constituency saw raw sewage being "discharged into the river Wharfe and a private garden". Moore was quoted as saying: "I have long said that water companies who fail to meet their environmental commitments should face enforcement action. Quite frankly, Yorkshire Water need to get their act together.

Can he reassure people and communities across the country that they will be supported when the blue lights leave and the waters subside? Water companies must by law ensure a continuation of water supply throughout an emergency. We want councils to robbie moore defra greater use of the income they receive from those penalties.

I thank the hon. Member for Easington Grahame Morris for securing this important debate and welcome the opportunity to respond to some the points he has made. As we all know, our waterways are a precious resource and their management is something on which this Government have been leading the way, in taking incredibly serious action against those who pollute. This will deliver more investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement to tackle pollution and clean up water. The Government have also set stringent targets to tackle sewage spills, prioritising bathing waters and sites of special scientific interest just like the Durham coast SSSI. To improve our waterways, the Government are clear that we need to hold to account robustly those who pollute, including our water companies, as customers rightly expect us to do. Yesterday we announced that we are significantly increasing our oversight of the water industry.

I am therefore honoured to have been appointed as a Minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where I will be working non-stop to protect and enhance our precious natural environment and landscape here in Keighley and Ilkley, our wider area and also across the country. Having worked in the food, farming and environmental sector prior to becoming your MP and having served previously on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee in Parliament, I know just how important these issues are and I look forward to bringing my experience to the role. We have so many exceptional local business, charities and organisations across Keighley and Ilkley promoting food, farming, wildlife and our natural environment - and I cannot wait to bring some local inspiration and ideas to the national level. Tuesday, 14 November, Robbie Moore MP said: "Getting things done and making a positive difference to our local community matters to me and that means getting involved as much as you can. All rights reserved.

Robbie moore defra

The department has yet to reveal his ministerial responsibilities. He was elected in the December election, narrowly beating the Labour incumbent. A post on his website says that he is from "an agricultural background and grew up on his family's farm, before training and working as a farm business consultant and rural chartered surveyor". A further post says that he worked for "12 years or so as a rural practice surveyor getting involved and advising on all sorts of agri-environmental stewardship agreements, moorland restoration projects, water quality improvement schemes and worked with the likes of Natural England and the Environment Agency to implement positive measures that would have huge environmental benefit".

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Thus, the statutory instruments will upgrade the water industry special administration regime legislation to ensure that if a water company is ever required to go into special administration, a modern, efficient water industry special administration can be implemented. Despite the council using all the powers it can to address the problem, spending large amounts of money to do so, and having a good rate of recycling, fly-tipping continues. River channels and trash screens were cleared to prepare watercourses for flooding, and there was continued work to repair assets following the damage caused by Storm Babet. Working with him, the Environment Agency, his local authority, and, I am sure, neighbouring colleagues, I would love to look at a solution we can put in place to better reassure his constituents. Ofwat will take forward a consultation to define the criteria for a ban, which could include the prosecution of a category 1 or category 2 pollution incident—such as causing significant pollution at a bathing water site location or a conservation area—or where a water company has been found guilty of a serious management failing. We want councils to make greater use of the income they receive from those penalties. Officials in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities wrote to the chief executives of the eight county councils that will be eligible, based on the data on the impacts so far: Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, West Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Worcestershire. It is clear, and noted at my end, that a different approach needs to be taken to Lincolnshire—which I know very well—and, as I said during my visit, I am more than happy to review what needs to be done in terms of dredging and removing vegetation from Environment Agency assets and the Delph, which we looked at. Before I get into the detail, I should say that I was pleased to hear her reference self-monitoring, because that was brought in by the Labour party when it was in power, in a water industry Act. It is important for all communities to work together closely, and during my visits over the last two weekends I saw some great examples of local authorities working closely with their communities. I will absolutely do that. Dividends are an important part of the investor return and should provide an adequate return that reflects company performance. The purpose of the statutory instruments is to enable the Government to facilitate a more effective water industry special administration regime. I thank the Minister for his statement. Although it would be inappropriate for me to comment in any detail, because this is an active investigation, there are significant consequences when water companies pollute the environment.

Robbie Moore MP has been confirmed as the new Minister with responsibility for forestry after the UK Government reshuffle - and will appear before a forestry and timber audience for the first time at Confor's policy conference in London on 7 December. Mr Goodall also paid tribute to his predecessor, Trudy Harrison MP, who had previously announced that she would not be standing for re-election.

With one in six homes now at risk of flooding, homeowners must be horrified that the Government have done little more than stare out of the window and watch the rain come down, with the previous Secretary of State blaming the fact that it came down from the wrong direction. Department of Health and Social Care 39 debate contributions. MP Financial Interests. I want to reassure all those in the agricultural community that the Government will do all we can to protect productive agricultural land. Belfast Agreement. Fly-tipping harms the environment, blights our local communities and burdens our local economy. Yesterday I was pleased to welcome PC Phil Nock to his new role, which deals with this specific issue. When heather continues to grow for many years, it comprises a heavy, woody stock, which poses its own fire risk. Choose Alert Frequency If no alert frequency is chosen, an Immediate alert is created by default. I am very pleased to hear what my hon. What is his view on that? I thank him, the Environment Agency, the city council and all who helped mitigate the situation. Manufacturing Industries. It is talked about an awful lot, but it needs looking at closely. I ask him to stay for the point of order.