Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83945

Rivers: Environment Protection

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect chalk streams.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Fixing the systemic issues in the water system is essential to address the multiple pressures facing chalk streams. Chalk streams are embedded in our plan to reform the water industry. The Government has announced an ambitious programme of reforms to clea...

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