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1385424

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date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the Environment Agency to require water providers to publish their mapped sewage pollution data for areas in which they have sewage outlets in rivers or watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	87818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>Working with water companies, the Environment Agency has concluded a programme to install Event Duration Monitors (EDM) on the vast majority of storm overflows, just over 80% of overflows in England, by the end of 2020. These monitors provide a robust and consistent way of monitoring how often and for how long storm overflows are used. By the end of 2023, the remaining number will be monitored.</p><p>Our landmark Environment Act places a direct duty on Water Companies and the Environment Agency to publish this sewage discharge data, building on the commitments to openness and transparency made through the Defra led Storm Overflows taskforce. This data was published for the first time in March 2021 for data in 2020.</p><p>The Environment Act also goes further, requiring water companies to monitor both the upstream and downstream impacts of their assets and to notify of spills in near real time (within 1 hour). The government will be bringing forward implementing legislation in respect of these duties in due course. The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, also legislated for in the Environment Act, is due to be published in September 2022.</p><p>It will be up to individual water companies to take account of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan and other guidance when considering specific local projects to be included as part of their business plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 87819 87822 87823 question first answered 16/12/2021 12:28:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1385425

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring water providers to produce live day-to-day reporting of sewage discharges into rivers and watercourses they are responsible for.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	87819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>Working with water companies, the Environment Agency has concluded a programme to install Event Duration Monitors (EDM) on the vast majority of storm overflows, just over 80% of overflows in England, by the end of 2020. These monitors provide a robust and consistent way of monitoring how often and for how long storm overflows are used. By the end of 2023, the remaining number will be monitored.</p><p>Our landmark Environment Act places a direct duty on Water Companies and the Environment Agency to publish this sewage discharge data, building on the commitments to openness and transparency made through the Defra led Storm Overflows taskforce. This data was published for the first time in March 2021 for data in 2020.</p><p>The Environment Act also goes further, requiring water companies to monitor both the upstream and downstream impacts of their assets and to notify of spills in near real time (within 1 hour). The government will be bringing forward implementing legislation in respect of these duties in due course. The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, also legislated for in the Environment Act, is due to be published in September 2022.</p><p>It will be up to individual water companies to take account of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan and other guidance when considering specific local projects to be included as part of their business plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 87818 87822 87823 question first answered 16/12/2021 12:28:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1385426

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sewage: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential ability of water utilities to make unpermitted sewage discharges during the investigation recently launched by the Environment Agency and Ofwat; and what steps he plans to take towards those utilities before the conclusion of that investigation in the event that such action occurred.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	87820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The investigation launched by the Environment Agency on 18 November 2021 aims to determine the extent of any non-compliance with environmental permit conditions relating to flows treated and discharged from sewage treatment works within England. Any non-compliances identified will be subject to enforcement action, up to and including prosecution, depending on the nature or severity of the offence, in accordance with the Environment Agency Enforcement and Sanctions Policy. It is the water companies’ responsibility to take action to return to compliance as soon as possible where breaches of permit are identified. The Environment Agency and Ofwat are working together to ensure that water companies meet this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>I met with water companies recently to make clear that the number of sewage discharges is completely unacceptable and that we will not hesitate to take further action, on top of those already set out in the Environment Act, if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/12/2021 14:07:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1385427

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Companies: Investment Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of analysis by David Hall, of the Public Services International Research Unit at the University of Greenwich, which found that English water and sewerage companies have paid shareholders a total of £16.9 billion in dividends since 2010 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	87821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on dividends for water company shareholders are made by water company boards. Company boards carry out these decisions within the framework of regulatory price controls, licence conditions and company law. Ofwat is responsible for economic regulation of the water companies.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat introduced reforms to financial and corporate practices which require water companies to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>share any benefits of higher levels of debt with customers;</li><li>increase financial resilience; and</li><li>be transparent about how executive performance pay and dividends relate to services for customers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Ofwat monitors water companies’ performance closely. If companies do not meet their obligations, Ofwat will take the necessary regulatory action to protect customers’ interests. Ofwat has made underperforming companies pay out of their own profits either to reduce bills to their customers or to invest in improving services.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/12/2021 16:30:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1385428

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations on water providers on notifying customers of sewage discharges those companies are responsible for into rivers and watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	87822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>Working with water companies, the Environment Agency has concluded a programme to install Event Duration Monitors (EDM) on the vast majority of storm overflows, just over 80% of overflows in England, by the end of 2020. These monitors provide a robust and consistent way of monitoring how often and for how long storm overflows are used. By the end of 2023, the remaining number will be monitored.</p><p>Our landmark Environment Act places a direct duty on Water Companies and the Environment Agency to publish this sewage discharge data, building on the commitments to openness and transparency made through the Defra led Storm Overflows taskforce. This data was published for the first time in March 2021 for data in 2020.</p><p>The Environment Act also goes further, requiring water companies to monitor both the upstream and downstream impacts of their assets and to notify of spills in near real time (within 1 hour). The government will be bringing forward implementing legislation in respect of these duties in due course. The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, also legislated for in the Environment Act, is due to be published in September 2022.</p><p>It will be up to individual water companies to take account of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan and other guidance when considering specific local projects to be included as part of their business plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 87818 87819 87823 question first answered 16/12/2021 12:28:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1385429

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Budds Farm Waste Water Treatment Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a Budds Farm treatment centre within the storm overflow discharge reduction plan.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	87823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>Working with water companies, the Environment Agency has concluded a programme to install Event Duration Monitors (EDM) on the vast majority of storm overflows, just over 80% of overflows in England, by the end of 2020. These monitors provide a robust and consistent way of monitoring how often and for how long storm overflows are used. By the end of 2023, the remaining number will be monitored.</p><p>Our landmark Environment Act places a direct duty on Water Companies and the Environment Agency to publish this sewage discharge data, building on the commitments to openness and transparency made through the Defra led Storm Overflows taskforce. This data was published for the first time in March 2021 for data in 2020.</p><p>The Environment Act also goes further, requiring water companies to monitor both the upstream and downstream impacts of their assets and to notify of spills in near real time (within 1 hour). The government will be bringing forward implementing legislation in respect of these duties in due course. The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, also legislated for in the Environment Act, is due to be published in September 2022.</p><p>It will be up to individual water companies to take account of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan and other guidance when considering specific local projects to be included as part of their business plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 87818 87819 87822 question first answered 16/12/2021 12:28:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1383515

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gurkhas: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the disparity in funding between the Gurkha Pension Scheme and pensions for UK members of the armed forces on the widows of Gurkhas.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	84457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to directly compare the two pension schemes as they are designed for different purposes, but both are fair. Legacy Gurkha pensions are different but are objectively and reasonably justified and suited the circumstances of the time. Gurkhas who left after 15 years' service will have received pension payments for over 25 years before most British soldiers of the same rank and length of service would receive a pension under the AFPS. In most cases the lifetime value of a pension provided under the legacy GPS is of a similar or higher value than a pension provided under the AFPS. Provision for widows is set at 60% of pension for the GPS and 50% under AFPS.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/12/2021 12:56:09 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1383516

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gurkhas: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of providing Gurkhas on the Gurkha Pension Scheme a retrospective pension equivalent to their UK counterparts.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	84458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>We do not make retrospective changes to public pensions. For most Gurkha veterans the 1948 legacy Gurkha Pension Scheme (GPS) provides a pension at least as good, and in many cases better, than that given to their British counterparts with identical periods of service. Our view is that the 1948 legacy GPS is a very fair scheme.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/12/2021 12:54:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1383518

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timeframe is for a decision on the proposed AQUIND interconnector project.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	84459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>On 21 October 2021, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State extended the statutory deadline for taking the decision on the AQUIND interconnector application for development consent to 21 January 2022. A statement announcing the new deadline was made to the House of Commons and House of Lords on 21 October 2021 in accordance with section 107(7) of the Planning Act 2008.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/12/2021 12:43:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1382895

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sex Establishments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to update guidance to local authorities on sexual entertainment venues.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	83453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>Local Authorities have powers to control the number and location of lap dancing clubs and similar venues in their area. These powers are not mandatory and only apply where they are adopted by Local Authorities. Where adopted, these provisions allow local authorities to refuse an application on potentially wider grounds than is permitted under the Licensing Act 2003 and give local people a greater say over the regulation of lap dancing clubs and similar venues in their area.</p><p>Under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 Act, Local Authorities can consider whether granting a licence for a lap dancing club would be appropriate, having regard to the character of the area and the use to which other premises in the vicinity are put. For example, a Local Authority may decide that it would be inappropriate to grant a licence for a lap dancing club in a residential area or next door to a school. In March 2010, under the previous government, the Home Office published guidance on Sexual Entertainment Venues for Local Authorities carrying out their function under Schedule 3. This is the latest guidance that can be used by local authorities.</p><p>Protecting those involved in prostitution and sex work from harm is also a strand of our wider work to eradicate violence against women and girls (VAWG). In 2019 the police updated the National Policing Sex Work and Prostitution Guidance – this makes clear that the safety of people engaged in sex work must be paramount to the police service.</p><p>Since 2016, the Government has provided over £2 million to specialist organisations supporting those involved in sex work and prostitution.</p><p>We are determined to ensure that women feel safe everywhere - at home, at work, at school, online, or on the streets. That is why we are delivering a £5 million ‘Safety of Women at Night’ fund and an additional £25 million Safer Streets Fund focused on improving public safety, with an emphasis on women and girls’ safety in public spaces.</p><p>In order to continue ensuring that the Government is addressing the exploitation and harm of women which may arise from prostitution and sex work, the Home Office will work with other Government departments, the police, charities and others to consider whether there are additional measures to address those aspects of sex work and prostitution that have the potential to cause harm or exploitation. We will also bring forward a standalone Tackling Modern Slavery Strategy to complement our published Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 83454 question first answered 09/12/2021 16:04:03 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan