Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords] Debate
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Alison Hume
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Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]
Alison Hume ExcerptsTuesday 28th January 2025
(2 days, 22 hours ago)
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Emma Hardy
I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I would have thought that this would be an important issue for all political parties.
Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby) (Lab)
Residents in Grosmont in my constituency have had a van parked in the street processing raw sewage, with a pipe left open in the street, for months between the processing of the sewage and the holding tank being emptied. Does my hon. Friend agree that disgusting incidents such as these illustrate our crumbling water infrastructure and the importance of the Bill, which will ringfence funding for vital infrastructure?
Emma Hardy
I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. What she is witnessing in the streets of her constituency is a perfect example of the crumbling infrastructure that we have inherited.