Like so many people, I have been horrified to read the reports of people swimming alongside raw sewage in Morecambe Bay over the weekend. I have written to United Utilities demanding answers and highlighting the risks this practice poses to the health of humans and our environment alike.

Let’s be clear: we are living in a Climate and Ecological emergency. It is unacceptable that water companies are able to dump raw sewage in our rivers and coastal waters and represents a failure from both the Government and from our water companies. Unlike the majority of MPs, I voted to ban water companies from dumping sewage in our waterways and believe it’s time they invested in our infrastructure rather than paying out millions in dividends to shareholders.