A Bill to provide for a category of protection for chalk streams for the purpose of providing additional protections from pollution, abstraction and other forms of environmental damage; and for connected purposes.
The Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill would create a special protected category for chalk streams to help shield them from pollution, water abstraction and other environmental damage. It would enable new rules and duties to protect these streams and support their restoration and sustainable management.
The bill is at the 1st Reading in the House of Commons. The next steps are the Second Reading and then committee stage.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
