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Written Question

Water Restoration Fund

Thursday 6th November 2025

Asked by: Chris Hinchliff (Independent - North East Hertfordshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 11 July to Question UIN 65893 on Water Restoration Fund, whether the reinvestment of £100 million in fines and penalties levied against water companies into projects to clean up our waters will be progressed by (a) a second round of the Water Restoration Fund and (b) by other means.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Water Restoration Fund is now delivering on-the-ground improvements for water quality through 51 projects, directly benefiting the communities and the environment which have been harmed by water company rule-breaking. The programme runs for 3 years from FY 2025-26 until 2027-28.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Curriculum and Assessment Review

"I really welcome the efforts to curtail the excessive examination time that our children are facing. It does not help real learning and is having a big impact on the mental health of the younger generation. What opportunities does the Secretary of State see for introducing more modern approaches to …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Chris Hinchliff (Ind) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 12 Independent Aye votes vs 2 Independent No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 150

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Chris Hinchliff (Ind) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 11 Independent Aye votes vs 2 Independent No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 151

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Chris Hinchliff (Ind) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 10 Independent Aye votes vs 2 Independent No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 153

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Chris Hinchliff (Ind) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 11 Independent Aye votes vs 3 Independent No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 155

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of Access

"Does the hon. Member agree that one solution to the problem of access to sustainable and nutritious food would be the right to grow food on public land, as campaigned for by Incredible Edible, forming part of the wider campaign for community rights that is coming to this Parliament?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Conflict in Sudan

"I echo the comments of those who have highlighted that the atrocities in Sudan are absolutely abhorrent, and I welcome the Minister’s statement that we must hold those responsible to account, but may I ask for some further reassurance? Will he press for the expansion of the jurisdiction of the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Bronze-age Heritage: Cambridgeshire

"I sense the hon. Member is winding up, but before he does, I would like to say that across the border in North Hertfordshire we also have some fantastic bronze-age heritage in places such as Arbury Banks and Therfield Heath, but we have had real difficulties in preserving that heritage …..."
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