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Nov 2022
The possibility of the River Nidd at Knaresborough achieving bathing water status has been debated in Parliament.
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones secured the adjournment debate for the topic last night.
The Conservative told the house he wanted to achieve the status for the area at the Lido Leisure Park, which could become one of just a handful of rivers in the country to have it. He said:
Mr Jones posted this picture with Frank Maguire, owner of the lido caravan park, on his website.
Mr Jones recently visited the 550-home lido, which is the focus of his campaign.
He told Parliament the recently-passed Environment Act would help progress measures to improve water quality by requiring combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to be monitored all the time. This would show how often and how much sewage was discharged into rivers including the Nidd.
In response, Trudy Harrison, parliamentary under-secretary for environment, food and rural affairs, said:
Mr Jones said he recognised it was a team effort and would require the involvement of both local and national government, as well as community groups and businesses.
However, he said the area constituency committee had not contacted him about its plans, so he had been "getting on with it".
He added:
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