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Steve Double

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Employment and Support Allowance Underpayments
Thursday 18th October 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Yes: we will do considerably better.

Steve Double Portrait Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) (Con)
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Since Tuesday morning, a burst pipe has been spewing raw sewage into the sea near the UK’s premier surfing beach, Fistral, in Newquay. Despite taking some initial action, South West Water now says that it will take several days to resolve the issue. Does the Secretary of State share my concern that this is going on for so long, and what action can we take to hold water companies to account to prevent such things from happening?

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I absolutely am concerned, and I know that the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey), will be talking to South West Water later today to see what can be done.

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