| Heading: |
M4: Newbury |
| Question ID: |
1811266 |
| UIN: |
58864 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5310 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Lee Dillon
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| Asking Member handle: |
LeeRJdillon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LeeRJdillon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will work with National Highways to ensure that runoff from the M4 does not pollute the chalk streams in Newbury. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4029 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lilian Greenwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
LilianGreenwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LilianGreenwood
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
National Highways (NH) is well aware of this issue, and in 2024 treated a site along the M4 that was found to be discharging into the River Lambourn chalk stream near Newbury. More generally, the Department is working closely with NH to address the risk o... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |