“Lords’ Amendment 45 to the Environment Bill would have placed a legal duty on water companies in England and Wales “to make improvements to their sewerage systems and demonstrate progressive reductions in the harm caused by discharges of untreated sewage.”
“Despite the horrendous environmental impact of the disgusting practice, shortly before the vote, the Conservative Environment Secretary George Eustice recommended to his fellow MPs that they should reject it.”
“And, owing largely to the government’s 80 seat majority, the amendment was indeed defeated – by a margin of 268 MPs to 204.”
EvolvePolitics
With thanks to Evolve, who compiled the list of all the MPs (all Conservatives). We have extracted those in our region. These men and women thnk it’s fine to dump raw sewage in our rivers.
Steve Double – St Austell
George Eustice – Camborne and Redruth
Liam Fox – North Somerset
Marcus Fysh – Yeovil
James Heappey – Wells
Simon Jupp – East Devon
Chris Loder – West Dorset
Cherilyn Mackrory – Truro and Falmouth
Anthony Mangnall – Totnes
Scott Mann – North Cornwall
Anne Marie Morris – Newton Abbot
Sheryll Murray – South East Cornwall
Neil Parish – Tiverton and Honiton
John Penrose – Weston-super-Mare
Rebecca Powe – Taunton Deane
Jacob Rees-Mogg – North East Somerset
Selaine Saxby – North Devon
Gary Streeter – South West Devon
Mel Stride – Central Devon
Robert Syms – Poole
Michael Tomlinson – Mid Dorset and North Poole
David Warburton – Somerton and Frome
And those who voted AGAINST raw sewage dumping:
Ben Bradshaw, Labour – Exeter
Simon Hoare, Conservative – North Dorset
Luke Pollard, Labour – Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Derek Thomas, Conservative – St Ives
If you do not see your MP’s name, they did not vote.
Is this how divergence from the EU is to be defined? In filth? In poisoned water?
The dirty man of Europe is busily re-establishing his grubby reputation. It didn’t have to be this way.
