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Ex-Defra minister Robbie Moore tried to block release of sewage pollution figures.
Former Defra minister pressured the Environment Agency to withhold data showing record number of sewage spills.
The dumping of untreated sewage into Britain ’s rivers and seas has become a national scandal.
Three water companies were fined 147 million by the industry regulator Ofwat over a catalogue of failures.
Moore’s office twice more urged the EA not to release the data, but Duffy stayed firm.
He described Defra 's objectives and strategy as “a mystery to us” before publishing.
In July , following an appeal and a change in government, the emails were released.
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