Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)

My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the NFU has declared an urgent need for on-farm reservoirs. The Minister has stated frequently that she is in favour of on-farm reservoirs. However, there is

My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the NFU says that there is an urgent need—

My Lords, will the Minister look carefully at the ownership of other water companies—Thames Water is obviously very much in the spotlight? Is she mindful of the contribution, over a number of years, t

My Lords, the Minister will be aware that Anglian Water has raised objections to a planning application in a specific area of water stress. As matters currently stand, water companies are not statutor

My Lords, I welcome the response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee’s Surviving Drought report to which the Minister referred, but she will be aware of the impact on farming, the horticul

I am grateful to the Minister for responding on the point about of Section 182 guidance not, at this stage, being amended for physical sales—that is greatly appreciated from the PASS point of view—but