Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80452
Rivers: Environment Protection
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Chris Hinchliff
Labour — North East Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase nature-rich spaces by rivers to (a) reduce agricultural pollution and (b) protect and (c) enhance chalk streams.
Answer
Emma HardyFixing the systemic issues in the water system is essential to addressing the multiple pressures facing chalk streams and restoring them to better ecological health. This Government has announced an ambitious programme of reforms to clean up our rivers, l...
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