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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: You should be conducting the debate in an impartial manner,-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: -----which you have not been.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I would like to make a point of order now.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: May I speak?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: May I speak on a point of order-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: ----- about the conduct of this debate?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. There is no point of order. That is really impartial.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Great. That is fantastic.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: You do not.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: You did not actually succeed.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: They have not.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: What amendment is Deputy Buttimer speaking on?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: You have not got a clue what amendment.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: He has not a clue.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I wish to speak to amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 21. I will not spend too long on the first two. I oppose them because the Government is trying to amend the Water Services Acts through a separate Bill. I really want to speak to amendment No. 21 which relates to private and other tenants. I implore the Minister to listen but not with his usual somewhat condescending and arrogant demeanour.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I withdraw it.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: There is a point to it.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I will outline why I made the remark. The Minister is winking away. He goes on about people saying he is arrogant, although he has just winked at somebody.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: That is how casually the Minister is taking this.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: If there is one thing private tenants do not need, it is the Minister changing their leases to make them more vulnerable to being evicted. There are three steps he could have taken to make their position somewhat safer, but he never bothered with them. A previous speaker raised the issue rent controls. I became a Member one year ago, but many before me had been asking the Minister - I...