Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ellie Chowns and Jonathan Reynolds

Thursday 13th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire) (Green)]

In my constituency, a planning moratorium has been in place for more than five years due to water pollution, with an estimated effect on the local construction industry of half a billion pounds, despite the fact that new house building is a minute proportion of the problem. Will the Secretary of State meet me and representatives of the Herefordshire construction industry to try to find a solution to this devastating problem?

[Jonathan Reynolds]

The frustration that comes across in the hon. Lady’s question relates to exactly the sort of problem the Government are fixing. I would be more than happy to work with her and any Secretary of State or Department necessary to unblock that for her.