A Tory MP has appeared to blame people’s home drainage systems for tonnes of raw sewage being dumped into the sea in Cornwall.
Mark Spencer, who last year voted to allow water firms to carry on dumping sewage in rivers, urged people to check their plumbing during an interview on BBC News.
Spencer was among Tory MPs to vote to reject an amendment to the Environment Bill that would stop sewage being dumped into rivers. The amendment would have imposed a duty on water companies to “take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged from storm overflows”.
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