Early day motion · EDM 2998 · 19 Mar 2026

Windermere

Tabled by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) 20 signatures

The motion

That this House notes the urgent public health and environmental concerns arising from the water quality at Windermere; recognises that annual bathing water classifications do not reflect rapidly fluctuating bacterial concentrations or pollution events, including recorded sewage discharges to the lake, as evidenced by data from Save Windermere and the Big Windermere Survey; regrets that the National Pollution Risk Forecasting system currently provides no forecasts for any lake bathing waters in England; calls on the Government to extend the PRF system to the four designated bathing waters at Windermere as a matter of urgency; further calls for the development of a targeted, proactive sampling programme where necessary; and urges the establishment of a clear, publicly accessible web portal and appropriate on-site signage to communicate real-time pollution risk forecasts in order to protect public health.