I listened to what the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) had to say, but under the last Labour Government the pumping of raw sewage into our waterways was unregulated, unmonitored and completely unrestricted. Since 2010, this Government have increased the monitoring of outflows, which will be at almost 100% next year. They have imposed £150 million in punitive fines on water companies. They have sponsored investment of more than £56 billion, over decades, into the water network. They are the first Government to tackle the issue for many decades. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Labour spokesman was talking poo?
Water Quality: Sewage Discharge
Proceeding contribution from
James Sunderland
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 April 2023.
It occurred during Opposition day on Water Quality: Sewage Discharge.
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