Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36987

Rivers: Environment Protection

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 16 April 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to implement the measures announced in the press release entitled Changes announced to better protect England’s chalk streams, published on 21 September 20

Answer

Emma Hardy
On 21 September 2023, the Government brought forward an amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, now Act, to add chalk streams to the definitions of 'environmental protection' and 'natural environment', so that they can be considered when sett...
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