Question follow-through · 50787

Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the health of chalk streams.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the health of chalk streams.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 45278 on 30 April 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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