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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 November 2025
Debate
Planning and Infrastructure BillContribution
Chalk streams, like other irreplaceable habitats, are too important to be swept up into the maelstrom of competing interests fought out across the ever-shifting sands of planning policy. Irreplaceable habitats need elevated and nationally consistent protections so that developers and planners know exactly where they stand—and that is what I am calling for today.
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