Stewarding well: Making waves in Westminster

Tim Farron  |  UK & Ireland  |  politics & policy
Date posted:  25 Feb 2025
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Stewarding well: Making  waves in Westminster

Sunrise on Derwentwater, Cumbria. Source: iStock

These last few weeks, I’ve been talking poop. Even more than usual! As Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesman, I’ve been scrutinising the Water Bill, which involved much discussion of sewage outflows!

I’ve followed the bill through the Second Reading debate before Christmas, five meetings of the committee which discussed the bill line by line, and back to the Commons for Report and Third Reading. It now goes back to the Lords, where it began, and will ‘ping pong’ between the two Houses until they agree, before the King gives Royal Assent and it becomes an Act of Parliament.

The nuts and bolts of legislation receives scant attention compared to set-piece Commons debates like Prime Minister’s Questions. But passing good law is a key part of an MP’s role, and as a Christian, an important way to serve God and my neighbour.

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