Written questions

Inland Waterways: Henley and Thame

Commons · Question 53398 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 May 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on achieving (a) Good Chemical Status and (b) Good Ecological Status for waterways in Henley and Thame constituency.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 May 2025

The major waterbodies in the Henley & Thames constituency are the Thames (Wallingford to Caversham), Thames (Caversham to Cookham) and the Thame. These waterbodies do not achieve Good Ecological Status due to their Phosphate Status. All the other elem...