Independent Water Commission

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Gavin Williamson

Wednesday 23rd October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I say gently to the Secretary of State that I am here and he should be speaking through the Chair, not to the Member, as he has done for the last two questions. We can work together to get everybody looking the right way. I call Sir Gavin Williamson to set a good example.

[Sir Gavin Williamson (Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge) (Con)]

In my constituency we have beautiful rivers, including the great and mighty River Trent and the River Penk. Over the last few years, as more transparent data has become available, we have been able to see the number of sewage discharges going into those rivers. Will the Secretary of State promise the House that looking at how we can reduce sewage discharges into the Trent and the Penk will be at the heart of what the commission does?