Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jonathan Edwards (Independent (affiliation)), on Thursday, 7 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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Sewage discharges by United Utilities

That this House condemns the regular and large-scale dumping of sewage by United Utilities across the North West of England; notes that recent Freedom of Information requests show that since 2018 raw sewage has been pumped into the North West’s natural environment for a total of 2,219,418 hours; highlights that in 2021 United Utilities recorded the highest number of sewage spillages in English rivers of any water company; believes that United Utilities clearly needs to act to greatly reduce its level of sewage-dumping; is concerned by the suggestion by United Utilities that they will increase customers’ bills as part of a plan to reduce sewage-dumping; and calls on United Utilities to first look to raise any funds required to reduce sewage-dumping by cutting expenditures such as the more than £300 million paid as dividends to shareholders earlier this year.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

172 

Session

2023-24

Other sponsors

Jon Trickett

Jim Shannon

Apsana Begum

Mary Kelly Foy

Claudia Webbe

Subjects

Pollution Prices Water Sewage United Utilities Rivers

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk