Environment Secretary Urged to Apologise for ‘Misleading’ Scottish Water Claims

Environment Secretary urged to apologise for ‘misleading’ Scottish water claims

Holyrood’s Climate Action and Energy Secretary has written to Steve Reed about ‘inaccurate and misleading comments’ about water quality in Scotland.

SNP minister calls on UK counterpart to retract 'misleading' Scottish water comments

Scotland’s Climate Secretary has called on a UK minister to retract his “inaccurate and misleading” comments regarding the quality of water in…

SNP fury after UK Labour minister claims water pollution levels worse in Scotland than England

Nationalists have accused Westminster of trying to "undermine the idea of public ownership in the minds of voters" in a row over who should run the country's water supply.

SNP minister writes to correct UK Labour minister’s lies on water quality but is completely ignored by BBC Scotland and STV, despite them having reported the lies unchecked in the first place

Professor John Robertson OBA Having lied bare-faced on the Channel 4 News, last night, to claim that water pollution levels in Scotland are worse than they are in England, UK Environment Secretary Steve Reed’s words were reported unchecked across Scottish media. Today, SNP Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin, corrected him at some length in a letter, posted on the Scottish Government website this morning. Her letter h…

Environment minister claims Scottish water is dirtier than England's

The Scottish Government has demanded an apology after Steve Reed said 'pollution levels in Scotland are worse than they are in England'.

Water quality in Scotland: Letter to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Action Secretary writes to Steve Reed calling for a retraction of comments regarding the quality of water in Scotland. To: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed MP From: Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin Dear Steve, Independent Water Commission I am writing following the publication of the final report from the Independent Water Commission led by Sir Jon Cunliffe, and to requ…