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Division Vote (Commons)
21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Gardiner (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 152
Written Question
Water Companies: Prosecutions
Tuesday 21st April 2026

Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions the Environment Agency has completed against Water and Sewerage Companies for offences that have taken place since 27 March 2020.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Since 27 March 2020, there have been 37 completed prosecutions against Water and Sewerage Companies. A water quality prosecution is any criminal proceedings relating to a failure to properly manage water or sewage treatment.

Division Vote (Commons)
20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Gardiner (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 289 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 292 Noes - 158
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Gardiner (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 294 Noes - 61
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Gardiner (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 294 Noes - 156
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Barry Gardiner (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 293 Noes - 159
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Security Vetting

"The Prime Minister has the right to expect that his senior civil servants will always tell him the truth and the whole truth. He will recall that Mrs Thatcher used to say of Lord Young that she liked David because he always brought her solutions and not problems, while her …..."
Barry Gardiner - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Antisemitic Attacks

"The hate-filled attack on the Kenton synagogue in my constituency is the latest in the series of disgusting attacks on Jewish buildings that the Minister outlined. But these are more than attacks on buildings; they are calculated attacks on the whole Jewish community, designed to destabilise and instil widespread fear. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Antisemitic Attacks

"I ask the Minister to reinforce the fact that those good community relations are built not simply on the toleration of the views of others but on—..."
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Written Question
Water: Regulation
Thursday 16th April 2026

Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial costs to the public between the privatised model and public ownership of the water industry over (i) the rest of PR24 and (ii) over the following 30 years.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government has no intention to nationalise the water industry, and therefore has no current plans to asses the financial or non-financial costs to the public between the privatised model and public ownership of the water industry.

The Independent Water Commission found no strong evidence between ownership model and performance. We are moving forward with fixing our water system, creating a powerful new water regulator to hold companies to account and prevent the abuses of the past.