Jim McMahon responds to the Environment Agency’s annual data release on sewage discharges

Jim McMahon MP, Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary, responding to the Environment Agency’s annual data release on sewage discharges, said:

“That the Tories continue to give the green light to 824 raw sewage discharges a day into villages, towns and cities across our country shows they have no respect for British communities.

“People should be able to just enjoy where they live, work and holiday without having to worry about the Tory sewage scandal sullying their areas. Local businesses shouldn’t have to worry about government failures hitting tourism trade.

“The next Labour Government will build a better Britain, ending the Tory sewage scandal by delivering mandatory monitoring on all sewage outlets, introducing automatic fines for discharges, setting ambitious targets for stopping systematic sewage dumping and ensuring that water bosses are held to account for negligence.”

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• Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflows - Annual Returns - Long-term Trends:https://environment.data.gov.uk/portalstg/home/item.html?id=d456bf40b7a94530953a378e5d814d32