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Westminster Hall
Quarries: Planning Policy - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) need for gravel extraction at the site remains to be seen, bearing in mind that we are expecting the River - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) that they produce; it does not take into account air quality or water run-off that will go into the River - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Water Scarcity - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: John Milne (LD - Horsham) River abstraction now accounts for 61% of all environmental water abstraction, up from around 40% in - Speech Link
2: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) would allow us to capture water and use it at source, reducing pressure on reservoirs and the need for river - Speech Link
3: John Milne (LD - Horsham) That was ordered by Natural England to protect a rare river habitat in the Arun valley, threatened with - Speech Link
4: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) That means that a large proportion of the river is drying up every summer when it never used to. - Speech Link
5: Sarah Gibson (LD - Chippenham) My constituency is in Wiltshire, and the northern part is served by Thames Water. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Seafarers’ Welfare - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) Part of our local identity is shaped by our position as a key port in the Thames estuary—from the instrumental - Speech Link
2: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) This has happened several times in my constituency, with a notable incident at Purfleet-on-Thames last - Speech Link
3: Lauren Sullivan (Lab - Gravesham) Trade, travel, tourism and troops have flowed up and down the Thames since pre-Roman times and the river - Speech Link
4: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Thames in the areas where it has a footprint. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Catapults and Antisocial Behaviour - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) in Lincolnshire or Lancashire; it is everything immediately south of Heathrow airport down to the River - Speech Link
2: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) they too often see the wounded and killed wildlife when they are out enjoying our green spaces and river - Speech Link
3: Kevin McKenna (Lab - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) , my constituency sits at the mouth of the Thames, and we have all the same problems.This is very much - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Claire Young (LD - Thornbury and Yate) Where is the support for our communities facing river and surface water flooding? - Speech Link
2: Yuan Yang (Lab - Earley and Woodley) Whether I am visiting Oxford Quantum Circuits in Thames Valley science park or a blockbuster film set - Speech Link
3: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) are committed to boosting UK investment.The Chancellor reinforced her commitment to fund the lower Thames - Speech Link
4: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) “save our skin” Budget, but in saving her own skin, the Chancellor is selling the country down the river - Speech Link
5: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) We are also building the lower Thames crossing. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Report stage (day 2) - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) My constituency covers two local authorities: the Royal borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) borough of Richmond upon Thames. - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) yet been announced.A mayor would bring huge benefits in leading on strategic projects such as the River - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Litter on Canal Towpaths - Thu 20 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) assessment they have made of the impact that litter on canal towpaths owned and maintained by the Canal and River - Speech Link
2: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) It is an idyllic and beautiful part of the country.Until two years ago, the Canal & River Trust, - Speech Link
3: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) Have Ministers looked into the financial management of the Canal & River Trust? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Charlotte Cane (LD - Ely and East Cambridgeshire) I also have a chalk stream in my constituency, the River Snail. Does my hon. - Speech Link
2: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) The River Test, the most celebrated of chalk streams, rises in the north of my constituency. - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) Gentleman’s constituency, where the Fleet flows down towards Fleet Street and into the Thames. - Speech Link
4: Terry Jermy (Lab - South West Norfolk) Sadly, none of the river is classified as in “favourable condition”. - Speech Link
5: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) We also have the Thames, the River Crane and the Duke of Northumberland river, but I do not think any - Speech Link


Written Statements
UK Commission on Covid Commemoration Report: Government Response - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) of the commemorative programme to honour the loss and sacrifice.In Parliament, we look across the River - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
River Pollution - Mon 10 Nov 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) For example, we have fenced off the river to stop cattle going down and causing pollution and damage - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The Canal & River Trust can make its own decisions, but we work very closely with it and urge it - Speech Link
3: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I refer the House to my registered interest as a land and river owner. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Buscombe (Con - Life peer) It completely ignored all kinds of water going into the river, including treated pool water. - Speech Link