Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18071
Rivers: Environment Protection
Tabled: 4 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his department is taking to help protect chalk streams from (a) pollution and (b) overextraction.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government is committed to the protection and restoration of our cherished chalk streams. We have taken immediate action to clean up our waterways, including a new Water (Special Measures) Bill to ban the payment of unfair bonuses to polluting water b...
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