Steve Reed

Steve Reed

Rt Hon Steve Reed MP

Labour
House of CommonsActive

Member since 3 July 2024

Recent Debate Contributions

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Independent Water Commission

20/07/2025Commons

69 contributions
I think my hon. Friend has already done the job for me.
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Yes, we are looking at what recommendations we can bring forward early; others will be part of the consultation.
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River Pollution

18/06/2025Commons

3 contributions
The hon. Member will be aware that we are supporting work in the Wye catchment area to deal with those problems, but she is quite right in what she sa...
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I thank my hon. Friend for her question, and I understand her concerns. I reassure her that the Government will always act in the national interest on...
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Topical Questions

18/06/2025Commons

5 contributions
My hon. Friend is of course an outstanding champion for his constituents in Stoke-on-Trent North. During 2024-25, more than 800 compliance inspections...
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I am happy to send the shadow Minister the list of media coverage I got from the Royal Cornwall Show. He does not seem to be any better at googling th...
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Thames Water

02/06/2025Commons

32 contributions
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We are ready for every eventuality, and there are teams in place to carry this out. Let me reassure him t...
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I share the hon. Gentlemen’s anger that the public have been left to pay the price of Tory failure over 14 years. One of the first things I did when I...
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Topical Questions

07/05/2025Commons

6 contributions
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for welcoming the trade deal with India; it is a £4.8 billion boost to the UK economy, and very good news for our whis...
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There have been no announcements yet, and I cannot pre-empt them, but we have been crystal clear that we have red lines. We will not allow British far...
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Water Sector Reform: Consultation

07/05/2025Commons

5 contributions
We recognise the importance of that point. The hon. Lady will be aware that, at the close of the price review process, we secured £104 billion of inve...
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I of course agree with the right hon. Member. We are supporting farmers, many of whom were affected by very severe flooding recently, with the farming...
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I am sure that the hon. Lady will be reassured to hear that the Government have ringfenced money that is earmarked for investment in water infrastruct...
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I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for highlighting the pollution and sewage on beaches that so concern his constituents. It is deeply disappointing that...
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Sewage

22/04/2025Commons

19 contributions
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will not take any more interventions. I hear the hon. Gentleman’s point. Public health is a priority in the reforms...
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I will this time, because the hon. Gentleman has been very persistent.
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Absolutely. That is why we have passed—and my hon. Friend will have voted for—the Water (Special Measures) Act, which gives the regulator the power th...
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The situation that the right hon. Gentleman describes is absolutely outrageous, and Members across the House will recognise similar situations in thei...
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Topical Questions

20/03/2025Commons

8 contributions
We are fighting to have the honour of responding to the former Prime Minister! Of course I agree with him. Our focus on farm profitability is precisel...
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