Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38936

Rivers: Environment Protection

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Satvir Kaur

LabourSouthampton Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the water quality of (a) the River Test, (b) the River Itchen and (c) other chalk streams nationally.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Cleaning up our waters, including iconic sites such as chalk streams is a top government priority. That is why on 23 October 2024, the Secretary of State announced the launch of an independent commission to fundamentally transform how our water system wor...

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