A question on #Rivers #Protection tabled by The Lord Bishop of St Albans on 08-05-2025 has been answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

Heading: Rivers: Protection
Question ID: 1801183
UIN: HL7338
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-05-08
Asking Member ID: 4308
Asking Member display name: The Lord Bishop of St Albans
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Asking Member Twitter reference: The Lord Bishop of St Albans
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce specific legal protection for chalk streams.
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Date answered: 2025-05-22
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4395
Answering Member display name: Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Answering Member handle: suehayman1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @suehayman1
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Answer text: Chalk Streams will be prioritised as part of the record £11 billion of investment to improve nearly 3,000 storm overflows in England and Wales during Price Review 2024, with 75% of such High Priority Sites needing to be improved by 2035 and the rest by 20...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true