In the Chamber earlier today I raised the issue of coastal erosion with the Leader of the House, stressing the need for a coordinated, cross-departmental approach to support communities like Torcross that have suffered significant damage to homes, businesses and key infrastructure this winter.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬? And that the last election was the most disproportional in modern times. Just 34% of voters opted for Labour, yet they came away with 62% of the seats. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. The day my husband died, my children came home from nursery and needed me to be the same reliable, loving, stable mum they knew. 𝐓𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥�

𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞’ - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

On Wednesday 4th March, South West Water submitted a guilty plea to supplying water unfit for human consumption during the cryptosporidium outbreak in Brixham. This admission has been a very long time coming and is a vital step towards accountability. I am glad SWW have finally owned up to their serious failures. But let's be clear: this awful event should never have happened. The fact that it did is symptomatic of our broken water industry. The industry needs a serious refit

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