Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23Found: The Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice12
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Review of the research and scientific understanding of droughtFound: Winterbourne streams are intermittent streams that occur in the upper reaches of rivers fed by the chalk
Oral Evidence Nov. 27 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Another key reason driving the need for water resources is to reduce abstraction from valuable chalk
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) The scandal also pervades England’s chalk streams. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Nov. 17 2023
Inquiry: The role of natural capital in the green economyFound: minimise over-abstraction of surface waters, along with aquifers where they feed habitats such as chalk
Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023
Inquiry: Insect decline and UK food securityFound: sensitive aquatic groups of invertebrates such as mayflies and stoneflies as detected in the Millenium Chalk
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
Nov. 09 2023
Source Page: Government response, Domestic abuse and the Family Court: Achieving cultural changeFound: present Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (re-appointed on 21 April 2023), Alex Chalk
Nov. 08 2023
Source Page: Flood estimation guidelinesFound: It is less likely to be accurate on flashy or ephemeral streams.
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