A question on #Planning #EnvironmentProtection tabled by Rupert Lowe on 08-04-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Planning: Environment Protection
Question ID: 1793621
UIN: 45278
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-08
Asking Member ID: 5158
Asking Member display name: Rupert Lowe
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rupert Lowe
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the planning system in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on chalk streams protection.
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Date answered: 2025-04-30
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: Cleaning up our waters, including chalk streams, is a government priority. Restoring them to better ecological health means fixing the systemic issues in the water system. Through the Water Environment Improvement Fund, the government is funding 45 projec...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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