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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 July 2025

Debate

Independent Water Commission

Contribution

The noble Earl makes an important point about citizen science and input from local communities. He is right that, in many ways, we are standing here today discussing the outcome of the commission because of the recognition by government of the problem that was originally raised by organisations such as Surfers Against Sewage and anglers’ associations, and by individuals such as Feargal Sharkey. It is important to recognise that this was brought to government’s notice because of the campaigns and the work by volunteers and charitable organisations. That is why it is critical that we continue those discussions with those organisations as we develop the White Paper and the legislation, because if you have experience of dealing with problems on the ground, you can bring valuable suggestions to the development of legislation. Citizen science will be an important part of this. An example is Lake Windermere: there is a local group of people working there that we are trying to work with and support to look at how we specifically deal with the challenges there.

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