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Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Environment Agency

Nov. 28 2023

Source Page: Review of the research and scientific understanding of drought
Document: Annex to the review of the research and scientific understanding of drought (PDF)

Found: Winterbourne streams are intermittent streams that occur in the upper reaches of rivers fed by the chalk

Select Committee
Ofwat, and Ofwat

Oral Evidence Nov. 27 2023

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Another key reason driving the need for water resources is to reduce abstraction from valuable chalk

Commons Chamber
Autumn Statement Resolutions - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) The scandal also pervades England’s chalk streams. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
 CAP0043 - The role of natural capital in the green economy

Written Evidence Nov. 17 2023

Inquiry: The role of natural capital in the green economy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: minimise over-abstraction of surface waters, along with aquifers where they feed habitats such as chalk

Select Committee
Buglife
 INS0046 - Insect decline and UK food security

Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023

Inquiry: Insect decline and UK food security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: sensitive aquatic groups of invertebrates such as mayflies and stoneflies as detected in the Millenium Chalk

Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Mon 13 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) England has three-quarters of the world’s chalk streams, and the British Isles have the most heather - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) Big skies and rich land, chalk streams and broads, forests and heathlands: many are internationally important - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Ministry of Justice

Nov. 09 2023

Source Page: Government response, Domestic abuse and the Family Court: Achieving cultural change
Document: Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report: The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change (PDF)

Found: present Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (re-appointed on 21 April 2023), Alex Chalk

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Nov. 08 2023

Source Page: Flood estimation guidelines
Document: (webpage)

Found: It is less likely to be accurate on flashy or ephemeral streams.

Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Siobhan Baillie (Con - Stroud) friend and constituency neighbour, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) desperately trying to save their own skin.Our schools are crumbling, waiting lists are rising, rivers and streams - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Oct. 26 2023

Source Page: Pioneering river restoration project completed on military land in Wiltshire
Document: Pioneering river restoration project completed on military land in Wiltshire (webpage)

Found: streams.