While the U.K. prepares to host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October, last week MPs voted on Amendment 45.
“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.”
West Country Bylines published an article two days ago with the following information from Evolve. They extracted the names of those MPs in our region whose vote was against the Amendment. Chris Loder MP was one who voted against the Amendment.
TO ASK CHRIS LODER WHY – PLEASE CONTACT CHRIS LODER MP AT: hello@chrisloder.co.uk
Those who voted against the Amendment:
- 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
TO ASK CHRIS LODER WHY – PLEASE CONTACT CHRIS LODER MP AT: hello@chrisloder.co.uk
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
TO ASK CHRIS LODER WHY – PLEASE CONTACT CHRIS LODER MP AT: hello@chrisloder.co.uk
The full list of MPs (all Conservative) and how they voted can be found HERE. If you do not see your MP’s name, they did not vote.
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