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Labour accuses Tories of turning country into ‘open sewer’ as MPs start debating sewage discharges
In the Commons Jim McMahon, the shadow environment secretary, is opening the debate, on the Labour motion that would set aside parliamentary time for MPs to pass Labour’s water quality (sewage discharge) bill.
He says the Tories have turned out green land into “an open sewer”.
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Back in the Commons, Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, has just challenged Labour to explain…
