Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth Community Commitment Common Sense
Today Labour will force a binding vote in the House Commons to introduce its Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill to end the Tory sewage scandal.
Tynemouth MP Alan Campbell said “This intervention comes in the absence of a government plan to end sewage dumping, and seeks to force the Conservatives to allow parliamentary time for its passage, giving Tory MPs another opportunity to vote to end sewage dumping.
Previously the majority of Conservative MPs voted down Labour-backed measures to end sewage dumping during the passage of the Environment Bill.
Labour’s Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill is the party’s plan to end the Tory sewage scandal by 2030. It seeks to legally underpin four crucial reduction measures including:
• Automatic fines for sewage dumping
• A legal requirement for the monitoring of all sewage outlets
• Penalties for failures in adhering to monitoring requirements
• A legally binding target to reduce sewage dumping events
