YOUR correspondent, Tom Roberts, (April 29) has obviously no idea about the excellent work the EU is doing on environmental matters.

Chris Davies has been taking a lead on matters as varied as forcing business to reduce energy to combat global warming, to encouraging recycling in the north west.

The pressure and more importantly the fines that the EU imposed on our government to clean up their act re sewage into the sea has led to our local beaches and sea being the cleanest they have ever been.

Secretary, Save Our Shoreline, St Annes