Water: Sewage Debate

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Lord Clark of Windermere

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Water: Sewage

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Early Years Interventions
Wednesday 1st December 2021

(3 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Benyon Portrait Lord Benyon (Con)
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I am pleased to tell my noble friend that her hour has come. The review is due to complete by autumn 2022.

Lord Clark of Windermere Portrait Lord Clark of Windermere (Lab)
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My Lords, each day, hundreds of individuals swim in England’s largest lake, Windermere. In view of the recent revelations about periodic sewage disposal in the lake, can the Minister give the House a categorical assurance that it is safe for those swimmers to carry on doing so?

Lord Benyon Portrait Lord Benyon (Con)
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If the noble Lord will allow me, I will write to him with a specific technical response, because we are talking about public health and I want to make absolutely certain that he has the necessary information that the agency will provide me with.

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