Sir Charles Walker, Chair of the Administration Committee, leads a debate on the Committee's report: Smoothing the cliff edge: supporting MPs at their point of departure from elected office.
Sir Charles Walker highlights the fact that the wild deer population is at its highest level for 1,000 years and needs sustainable management and urges the Government to pump-prime the wild venison market so that this protein-rich, low-fat, low-cholesterol meat does not get sent to dog food but instead finds its way into food banks, schools, hospitals, the bases of the armed forces, and prisons.
Sir Charles Walker welcomes the imminent establishment of a recreational catch-and-release big game tuna fishery in the south-west and calls on the Government to ensure we can maximise the economic benefits to the region.
Sir Charles Walker, representing the House of Commons Commission, answers MPs’ questions on behalf of the Restoration and Renewal Client Board on the restoration of the Palace of Westminster.
Sir Charles Walker jointly tables an amendment that would remove the proposed Serious Disruption Prevention Orders (SDPOs) from the Government’s Public Order Bill. He says there are numerous existing laws that are not being properly enforced and the electronic tagging of an individual who has not been convicted in a court of law is unconservative and an erosion of our right to protest.
Speaking in a backbench debate on the strategic priorities for Ofwat, Sir Charles Walker calls on Ofwat to ‘get with the programme’ and tackle poor water quality in our rivers and go after the polluters, be they farmers or water companies, to change their practices.
Ahead of the debate on the referral of the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee, Sir Charles Walker urges the Prime Minister to make his case to the Committee without the need for a debate in the House of Commons.