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I will give way in a moment.

I am very happy to give way if the hon. Lady is going to support and carry on our work—delighted, in fact.

I respect the fact that this is the Liberal Democrats’ Opposition day debate, so I have been cutting parts out of my speech.

I will just finish this point, and then I will take the intervention.

I thank the hon.

No. I will come to the hon. Gentleman in due course.

I will give way in a moment.

It is a brave rural constituency MP who defends the activities of the Environment Agency.

I am delighted to hear that. I gently suggest that that was not the response the hon.

I am still answering the hon. Lady’s first intervention. Of course, she is relying on the data—that is exactly the point.