Question follow-through · 57528

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the chalk stream recovery pack.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
12 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the chalk stream recovery pack.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Restoring our chalk streams to better ecological health must be part of our holistic programme of reforms for the water sector, including: The Government’s wider agenda to reset the water sector and fix the systemic issues in the water framework, continue...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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