Campaigns

28 October 2020

Your support needed to change the law on dumping raw sewage.

The backbench MP, Philip Dunne, is proposing new laws to clean up our rivers, and he needs your help.  On 13th November, Dunne will be leading a debate on his own Bill, the Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill.  The purpose of the Bill is to place a duty on water companies to ensure that untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers and other inland waters.  In other words, to get them to clean up their act. 

For this Bill to have any chance of success, we need as many MPs as possible to support it.  This is where, as anglers, we can help.  Through the Anglers Against Pollution Campaign, we need you to write to your MP and call on them to support the Bill by being in the House on 13th November and voting for it. 

You can do that simply by visiting https://anglingtrust.net/sewage-inland-waters-bill/ and then clicking on the “Write to your MP” button. 

In 2019, raw sewage was discharged into rivers across England and Wales for over 1.5 million hours, compromising these vital habitats for wildlife and endangering the health of people who use our rivers for recreation. 

Philip Dunne MP, who is also chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, said:  

“Our rivers are a vital part of our natural heritage. It is right the Government has committed to restoring at least three quarters of our waters to their natural state.  

“But it is clear from last week’s latest assessment from the Environment Agency that we are a long way from achieving that, with fewer than one in six of our rivers in good health. This threatens the aquatic life and iconic species that rely on these precious habitats, such as freshwater fish, kingfishers, otters and dippers.   

“The discharge of untreated sewage is a major part of the problem, entering our rivers from the very treatment works whose purpose is to clean it up. Our regulations and investment have not kept pace with changes in behaviour and pressure from development, so now pollutants enter our rivers untreated, with the perpetrators licensed to spill.” 

Share

You might also like




Competitions
19 November 2024

Angling Trust 2024 National Coarse Competitions Overview

Angling Trust Head of Competitions Steve Fitzpatrick reveals the highs and lows of the National Cham…
Read more
Marine
15 November 2024

Anglers represented at inaugural Bass Fisheries Management Group meeting…

On Friday 8th November the Angling Trust joined other bass fishery stakeholders for the first Bass F…
Read more
Competitions
05 November 2024

TEAM SAUL PAGE TACKLE WIN ANGLING TRUST TEAMS OF…

    Saul Page Tackle have scooped sea angling’s biggest team match event – the Ang…
Read more
Fighting for Fishing
04 November 2024

The Mighty Trent: A love letter to Britain’s greatest…

Like many anglers I’ve long been an admirer of Doncaster all-rounder Bob Roberts whose no nonsense w…
Read more
Get Fishing | Get Fishing Fund PR
Get Fishing News
04 November 2024

The Environment Agency and Angling Trust Get Fishing Fund…

Monday 4th November launch date £150k of funding will get even more people fishing, more often Grant…
Read more
Club Focus
29 October 2024

New Fisheries Support Service launched to help clubs and…

The Angling Trust has joined forces with the Environment Agency to launch a new service to provide a…
Read more
Anglers Against Pollution
25 October 2024

March for Clean Water – join us on Sunday,…

The Angling Trust is calling on all anglers and supporters to stand with us at the March for Clean W…
Read more
Anglers Against Pollution
23 October 2024

Angling Trust welcomes largest review of water companies since…

The announcement by the government of an independent commission to look at the largest review of the…
Read more
Competitions
21 October 2024

ENGLAND WIN SILVER, RINGER TAKES GOLD, AND MASTERS FINISH…

  The European Feeder Cup is a fledgling international event, but it is one that the Angling Tr…
Read more
Get Fishing News
16 October 2024

‘Lady of the Stream’ photographer Amber Banks Brumby captures…

Amber Banks Brumby is an angler, photographer and educator based in rural Staffordshire, West Midlan…
Read more
Competitions
14 October 2024

ANGLING TRUST APPOINT NEW MANAGER FOR ENGLAND DISABLED TEAM

The Angling Trust is delighted to confirm the appointment of Paul Etherington as manager of the Engl…
Read more
Competitions
14 October 2024

SILVER FOR ENGLAND IN MASTERS FEEDER WORLD CHAMPS

Match fishing at international level can be the proverbial game of two halves as World Champs are fi…
Read more