Gedling's Conservative MP has hit back at claims on a plaque suggesting he 'voted to dump sewage' into a brook - by devising his own plaque rebutting that very claim. Tom Randall believes it is unfortunate the way the dumping of sewage in rivers and seas has been reported, and has called on water companies to "step up".
Heavy rain after the heatwave in August led to significant amounts of raw sewage being pumped into rivers and oceans across the UK. The resulting outrage led to people bringing back up discussions over the Environment Bill in the Commons and Lords last year.
The Labour Party had been pressing to get sewage discharge completely eliminated, with the Duke of Wellington proposing an amendment to the bill which would have made it a 'duty' of water companies to do all they could to prevent it, with fines also suggested as a consequence of failing to do so.
