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MPs to push new law to criminalise water bosses for sewage pollution (inews.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by GreyShuck to c/nature

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MPs will seek to make water company bosses criminally liable for sewage spills under plans to amend legislation making its way through Parliament this week.

An amendment will be tabled to the Criminal Justice Bill, which is due to return to the Commons on Wednesday, to create new criminal offences for failing to meet specified performance measures to crack down on sewage spills.

Crucially, the amendment will also seek to introduce a new law to make senior managers in water firms personally criminally liable for failing to meet performance measures.

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[–] rubikcuber 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The headline, while technically true, is a bit disingenuous. Lib Dem MPs are tabling an amendment, that Labour may back, but the Tories probably won't.

[–] frazorth 1 points 6 months ago

What seems wild to me is that the bosses aren't liable for crapping in our water.

Surely that's the point of being a highly paid figurehead. If it goes wrong then it will fall on your neck.