Question follow-through · 29040
Infrastructure: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what principles will guide decisions on water allocation where the water requirements of major infrastructure projects may potentially conflict with environmental flow requirements for
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Waste Disposal · 14 Sept 2026
- Water Supply · 14 Sept 2026
- Food Supply · 14 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what principles will guide decisions on water allocation where the water requirements of major infrastructure projects may potentially conflict with environmental flow requirements for
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2026
Answer published
The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should protect and enhance valued landscapes and sites of biodiversity, which includes Chalk Streams. We have also set out more clearly expectations for development propo...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Waste Disposal
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the costs and benefits for local authorities of installing underground refuse collection systems and (b) the potential impact on (i) coll
Water Supply
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) water recycling, (b) new reservoirs, (c) leakage reduction and (d) desalination as measures to increase
Food Supply
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department maintains to ensure the continued availability of essential food supplies in the event of significant domestic or international crop failures caus