‘Poor’ water quality of Scarborough’s South Bay raised at full council meeting

It comes as Yorkshire Water issued a public apology on Thursday for sewage discharges into North Yorkshire’s rivers

The plaque criticised the member of parliament for opposing an amendment to the Environment Bill which proposed imposing a legal duty on water companies to reduce the discharges of untreated sewage.

However, Sir Robert said the amendment was not practical as it would have led to “sewage backing up into people’s houses or running down streets”. The MP added that “when you don’t have heavy rainfall, there’s no excuse for sewage pass discharging”. Water companies in England have pledged to invest £10bn to reduce sewage discharges following considerable public anger over the issue. However, environmental groups including Greenpeace have said that the improvements should not just be the responsibility of bill-payers “whilst the shareholders remain untouched”.

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