Work to eradicate single use plastic took a step forward with new restrictions on the use of a range of single-use plastic items.

Environmental crimes such as littering and fly-tipping are often the subject of concerns raised with John by constituents.

In recent months there has been growing concern at the level of storm overflow discharges and much work has been done to look towards reducing this.

Some recent correspondence indicates that there is some misunderstanding on my previous comments about storm overflows and sewage discharges into our rivers. As I have already clearly stated, I share the concerns of constituents that our rivers should be as clean and healthy as possible.

I wrote about storm discharges about a year ago and was clear that sewage pollution is not acceptable. My position remains the same and people who say that I have voted to pollute our rivers and the sea are deliberately distorting my view.

I signed up to the Big Plastic Count and have been horrified by the amount of single-use plastic that I get through - the majority from supermarket products (vegetables and meat products being wrapped) which are avoidable.

The Government has announced a £200 million funding to deliver almost 1,000 new green buses across the country.

The debate on the Environment Bill continues as it makes its way through the House with further amendments proposed to refine the detail of the BIll. This week John supported the Government’s amendment which will make a significant improvement to previous amendments.

John has given his support to the MP for Putney, (Fleur Anderson), in introducing her Bill on plastic free wet wipes. It was a 10 minute rule Bill so there was no opportunity for anyone to speaker on the issue other than the primary mover of the Bill.

I share the concern about the consequences that will result if we do not see global action to tackle carbon emissions.