Extracts from remaining stages (Commons) of the Environment Bill - May 26
Thursday, 27 May 2021 08:26
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green) (Lab): Will the Minister
also pay tribute to Surfers Against Sewage which has done a
marvellous job of lobbying and achieving a great outcome? The
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (Rebecca Pow): I am pleased the hon. Lady made that
intervention, because of course I would like to pay tribute to
Surfers Against Sewage which has played a key role in all this for
such a long time. Coming from the south-west, as...Request free trial
(Hornsey and Wood Green) (Lab): Will the
Minister also pay tribute to Surfers Against Sewage which has
done a marvellous job of lobbying and achieving a great
outcome?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs ():
I am pleased the hon. Lady made that intervention, because of
course I would like to pay tribute to Surfers Against Sewage which has
played a key role in all this for such a long time. Coming from the
south-west, as I do, I very much know about the good work done
by Surfers Against Sewage...
(Isle of Wight) (Con): I will speak briefly
in favour of four amendments. First, I pay tribute to the Minister
for her hard work in seeing the Bill through and the fact that,
even now, she is determined to try to improve it by adding new
clauses, showing diligence on her and her team’s part, which we all
welcome. I especially welcome the action on sewage. We had problems
in Ryde and Sandown recently with sewage coming from Southern
Water, so such action is welcome on the Isle of Wight, and I
congratulate Surfers Against Sewage and my
right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow () on his great work, as well as the Minister on supporting
it.
(Truro and Falmouth) (Con) [V]:...On water
quality, the extensive work and lobbying by my right hon. Friend
the Member for Ludlow (), Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, have
resulted in the Government’s commitment to publishing a plan by
2022 to reduce sewage discharges and to report to Parliament on
progress, and to place a legal duty on water companies to publish
data on storm overflow operations on an annual basis. The Bill also
requires the Government to set a legally binding target for water
quality. That will be particularly welcomed by Surfers Against Sewage which is
based in St Agnes in my constituency and campaigns tirelessly on
this issue. I continue to press Government on its behalf and on
behalf of everyone who, like me, regularly swims outdoors...
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