A question on #Rivers #WaterAbstraction tabled by Edward Morello on 31-03-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Rivers: Water Abstraction
Question ID: 1790644
UIN: 42897
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-31
Asking Member ID: 5326
Asking Member display name: Edward Morello
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Edward Morello
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to regulate water abstraction rates to sustainable levels in chalk stream catchment areas.
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Date answered: 2025-04-29
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Answering Member ID: 4645
Answering Member display name: Emma Hardy
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Emma Hardy
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Answer text: The Environment Agency takes action where water abstraction is adversely impacting the water environment. Implementation of the Water Industry Natural Environment Programme between now and 2030 will result in an additional £170 million being invested by w...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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