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To the environment bill. this evening the lords have voted in favour of an amendment designed to curb outflows of raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters. this is what mr eustice had to say earlier. when it comes to our environmental ambitions, we are world leaders. we have removed carbon from our energy mix faster than any of the other 0ecd countries. we've had a reduction of over a0%. we're the first country in the world to set a biodiversity target, to halt the decline of biodiversity by 2030. when it comes to water quality, as i said, we are also acting. this government is the first gove...

The government says the amount of sewage in our rivers is unacceptable, and the government has a bill in parliament to address the problem, which they say will deliver progressive reductions in the harm caused by storm overflows. the trouble is, 22 conservative mps say it doesn't go far enough. they want the government to back this amendment. it puts a legal duty on water companies to take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged. for the last few days, anger has been mounting at the government's position. they've been protesting on the streets in margate in kent, and ...

Using social media to highlight what is happening in rivers in wetherby, west yorkshire. his videos are watched by thousands of people. the government says the amount of sewage in our rivers is unacceptable and the government has a bill in parliament to address the problem, which they say will deliver progressive reductions in the harm caused by storm overflows. the trouble is 22 conservative mps say it does not go far enough. they want the government to back this amendment. it puts a legal duty on water companies to take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged. we ca...

Well in the past hour, the government has announced that the environment bill will be strengthened. we heard from the environment agency that dads happens on for 100,000 times over the last few times in england. george uses has said the government will put into law a requirement on water companies to invest to ensure the use of storm overflows declined. let's have a listen to what he's been saying. that listen to what he's been saying. git this stage of the bill it's all about reaching settlement and agreement on the way forward. the government has done more on the storm overflows in any gover...

Statutory requirement on water companies to create those progressive lines and use of storm overflows. we listened to the debate in parliament, so we will write what is already government policy into the statutes to give people that they seek. this is what campaigners were worried about — untreated sewage being released into british waters, a threat to wildlife and humans. these pictures of langstone harbour in hampshire gained huge traction online. chris pearsal filmed the footage. i launched my drone from about 100 metres over there, and once i was flying over the top looking at the screen...