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Thames Water And The Environment

EDM number 381 in 1998-99, proposed by John Austin on 02/03/1999.

That this House notes Thames Water's charity event on 3rd March to demonstrate its declared support for the environment; recalls that on 26th November several properties in Sandcliffe Road, Erith, were flooded with sewage during a discharge from the local pumping station and that the residents, including families with young children had to be evacuated, spending Christmas away from home; regrets that families are still unable to return to their homes; thanks the Mayor of Bexley, Councillor Chris Ball, for arranging a party for the children over Christmas and Bexley Council for its continued advice and support; further notes that Thames Water has denied that there was considerable deterioration in the pumps since the company took over responsibility from the local authority; regrets that misleading statements were made by Thames Water to the local authority; welcomes the intervention by the Environment Agency and its comment that the discharge of several million gallons of sewage into the River Thames represented a sustained and comprehensive pollution incident over several days if not weeks; notes that analysis of the debris on the foreshore at Erith revealed that chlorinated phenols were present in the sewage and that these are List 1 substances due to toxicity, environmental persistence and capacity for bioaccumulation under EU Directive 76/464/EC; calls upon the Environment Agency to carry out a full enquiry and for claims for compensation from residents to be met expeditiously and in full; and hopes that Thames Water's publicity stunt on 3rd March will not detract from the plight of the Sandcliffe Road residents.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Austin02/03/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Nigel Beard02/03/1999Bexleyheath & CrayfordLabourSeconded
Andrew MacKinlay02/03/1999ThurrockLabourSeconded
David Amess02/03/1999Southend WestConservativeSeconded
Syd Rapson02/03/1999Portsmouth NorthLabourSeconded
Clive Efford02/03/1999ElthamLabourSeconded
Ken Livingstone02/03/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell02/03/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Clark02/03/1999GillinghamLabourSigned
Howard Stoate02/03/1999DartfordLabourSigned
Eileen Gordon03/03/1999RomfordLabourSigned
Harry Barnes03/03/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Norman Godman03/03/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Michael Clapham03/03/1999Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Bill Michie03/03/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/03/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/03/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Jones04/03/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn04/03/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox04/03/1999TootingLabourSigned
Desmond Turner05/03/1999Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Audrey Wise05/03/1999PrestonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara08/03/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
John Cryer08/03/1999HornchurchLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/03/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/03/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/03/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley12/03/1999Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Rudi Vis17/03/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned

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